Welcome to the Internet Homepage of Philadelphia Legal Assistance. This site aims to be informative to clients, the community, and other Legal Services Organizations.
On our site we have information about our services as well as informational brochures concerning legal issues that may be of interest to you. To navigate our site, click on one of the links on the left. For more information about PLA, go to About PLA
What's New on Our Site
- Forms to Contest or Determine Paternity in Philadelphia's Family Court (8/29/06)
- Food Stamp Computation Worksheet (10/5/2004)
- Philadelphia Legal Assistance is pleased to announce our new Electronic Family Law Helpline (8/3/05)
Common Law Marriage has changed in Pennsylvania as of January 1, 2005. Is my common law marriage still valid? Was I ever common law married? Can I become common law married now? Get these answers in our new Common Law Marriage Flier (8/3/2005)
- Beware of Quickie Divorces. A “quickie divorce” can be right for some people, but in many cases you can lose a lot by going this route. Find out what to avoid in this helpful flier, Quickie Divorce Flier (8/3/2005)
- “¡TEN CUIDADO CON DIVORCIOS RAPIDITOS o “HAZLO USTED MISMO”!” (8/29/2006)
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