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Starting
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Guide to Florida
Law Resources |
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Please note: these books and Web sites are offered by
the Library as resources. Librarians are not lawyers and
cannot offer legal advice. |
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346.0166 Ham |
How
to File for a Divorce in Florida |
Alimony, property, child
support & custody, explanations of laws, and forms. |
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346.0434 War |
Landlords’
Rights & Duties in Florida |
Residential & commercial,
tenant’s application, evictions, discrimination laws,
deposits, explanations of laws, & forms. |
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346.052 Nic |
How to Probate & Settle
an Estate in Florida |
Types of probate, tax
information, statutes, property dispositions, & forms. |
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R 346.068 War |
Land Trusts in Florida |
Benefits, tips,
explanations & forms for the establishment of land trusts. |
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Flo |
Florida Rules of Court
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Federal Court rules
governing federal practice in Florida, with amendments. |
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347 Flo |
Florida
Rules of Court - State |
Contains the Florida
Evidence Code and amendments. |
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347 Flo |
West’s
Florida Criminal Laws and Rules |
Constitutional provisions,
statutes, & rules of court. |
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347.06 Her |
Florida Evidence
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Laws and explanations
regarding evidence in civil and criminal litigation. |
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R 348 Flo |
Florida Statutes |
The complete laws of
Florida. Also available online; see Web Sites below. |
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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. |
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F I N D I N G B O O K S & O T H E R L
I B R A R Y M A T E R I A L S/
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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 - Search Our Catalog - in the upper right hand.
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.
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e B O O K S |
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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. Search
for employment and career books by the following categories: subject,
title,
author. See a reference librarian for more detail.
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The following sources can be used to find magazine articles dealing
with your topic:
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The Readers’ Guide to
Periodical Literature - Adult Reference
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Search for articles on a subject within any given year.
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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. |
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| W E B S I T E S
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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. |
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Florida
Law Online |
Multiple links regarding
Florida courts, laws, legislature, executive branch, local
governments,
journals & periodicals, and legal directories. |
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Martindale
Hubbell |
Locate
a lawyer by name, location, area of practice or firm, corporations,
US government agencies or law school faculty. |
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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. |
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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. |
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'Lectric Law Library |
Law
related information, and dozens of legal forms.
For business forms see also
http://tinyurl.com/vfxg6.
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Living
Wills, Health Care Surrogates, and Advanced Directives |
Downloadable
Living Wills from the Florida Bar. |
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For additional information, please see a reference librarian. sk 12/19/06
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