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Starting Points: Guide to Florida Law

REFERENCE BOOKS - Available for your use in the library, these books cannot be checked out.
Please note: these books and Web sites are offered by the Library as resources. Librarians are not lawyers and cannot offer legal advice.

R 346.0166 Ham	File for a Divorce in Florida	Alimony, property, child support & custody, explanations of laws, and forms.
R 346.0434 War	Landlords’ Rights & Duties in Florida	Residential & commercial, tenant’s application, evictions, discrimination laws, deposits, explanations of laws, & forms.
R 346.052 Nic	How to Probate & Settle an Estate in Florida	Types of probate, tax information, statutes, property dispositions, & forms.
R 346 054 War	How to Make a Florida Will	Executing, changing, and revoking wills and more. Includes reprintable forms.
R 346.068 War	Land Trusts in Florida	Benefits, tips, explanations & forms for the establishment of land trusts.
R 347 Flo	Florida Rules of Court - Federal	Federal Court rules governing federal practice in Florida, with amendments.
R 347 Flo	Florida Rules of Court - State	Contains the Florida Evidence Code and amendments.
R 347 Flo	West’s Florida Criminal Laws and Rules	Constitutional provisions, statutes, & rules of court.
R 347.06 Her	Florida Evidence	Laws and explanations regarding evidence in civil and criminal litigation.
R 348 Flo	Florida Statutes	The complete laws of Florida. Also available online; see Web Sites below.
R 349.759 Kea	Florida Law – A Layman’s Guide	Property, family, business law, and special areas.
R 353.9 Sta	State Yellow Book	Who’s who in state government with detailed data for each department. Phone numbers, addresses, and emails. Updated quarterly.

FINDING BOOKS AND OTHER LIBRARY MATERIALS/ Dewey Decimal browsing numbers: 346-348

In addition to reference books, you may want to search for other books and materials (videos, audiobooks, etc.) on your topic. The best way to find good sources of information is to do a subject search in our Library catalog. You can access the Library’s online catalog from the Library or home by going to our Web page (www.wppl.org), then to Search Our Catalog. Good subject headings for this topic include the following: Court rules – Florida; Courts -- Florida -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Civil procedure – Florida; Divorce suits – Florida; Landlord and tenant -- Florida -- Popular works; Land trusts – Florida; Probate law and practice -- Florida -- Popular work.

eBOOKS

You may also want to check out the collection of thousands of online books (eBooks) the Library has to offer located on the Web site www.netlibrary.com. Initially, you must open an account from Library computer terminals, but you will then be able to use the account from home as well. See a reference librarian for more details.

FINDING ARTICLES

The following sources can be used to find magazine articles dealing with your topic:

· The Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature - Adult Reference R 050 R Search for articles on a subject within any given year.
· EBSCOhost and InfoTrac OneFile - Access from the Library or at home using your library card number at www.wppl.org.

Search for full text articles on these online databases using your choice of keywords. You can limit your search to a certain year or even a certain magazine.

WEBSITES

FindLaw - Florida	Contains Florida Constitution, state code, administrative code, banking statutes, constitution revision, Rules of Civil Procedure, small claims rules, general laws, Supreme Court opinions, decisions and briefs, attorney general opinions, county and city municipal codes.
Florida Law Online	Multiple links regarding Florida courts, laws, legislature, executive branch, local governments, journals & periodicals, and legal directories.
Martindale Hubbell	Locate a lawyer by name, location, area of practice or firm, corporations, US government agencies or law school faculty.
Online Sunshine	Official site of the Florida Legislature, including a fully searchable Florida Statutes, the precedings and publications of both the Florida Senate and House of Representatives, a section regarding lobbyists, and a children's section.
Legal Aid Society	Part of the Orange County Bar Association, the Legal Aid Society provides free legal services to low-income families and children. See also: Orange County Bar Association.
'Lectric Law Library	Law related information, and dozens of legal forms. For business forms see also http://tinyurl.com/vfxg6.
Living Wills, Health Care Surrogates, & Advanced Directives	Downloadable Living Wills from the Florida Bar.

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Updated: December 11, 2007