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Resources

When going through a divorce or any legal proceeding, being informed is critical. There are many informative sites on the web. In the coming months, we will be adding links to some of these sites for your convenience. All the divorce forms you might need to use, are publicly available on the Hampshire Probate web site and also at the Massachusetts Court System's Family Court Forms page.

Click here for Child support guidelines (2008).

Financial statements are required to be filed with each divorce case (whether contested or uncontested).

Click here to download Financial Statements Forms – Incomes under $75k per year (PDF)...
Click here to download Financial Statements Forms – Incomes over $75k per year (PDF)...

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Courthouses and Law Libraries


US Bankruptcy Court of Massachusetts
Western Division - Worcester
www.mab.uscourts.gov

United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
www.mad.uscourts.gov

Massachusetts Judicial Branch Home Page
http://www.mass.gov/courts/

National Center for State Courts
www.ncsconline.org

Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries
www.lawlib.state.ma.us

Hampshire County Law Library
www.lawlib.state.ma.us/hampshire.htm

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Legal and Bar Associations


Association of Trial Lawyers of America
www.atlanet.org

Mass. Bar Association
www.massbar.org

American Bar Association
www.abanet.org

Franklin County Bar Association
www.franklinbar.org

Hampden County Bar Association
http://www.hcbar.org

Hampshire County Bar Association
http://hampshirebar.org

American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
www.aaml.org

Mass. Lesbian and Gay Bar Association
www.mlgba.org

Women's Bar Association of Mass.
www.womensbar.org

Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers
www.lclma.org

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Advocacy Services


Disability Law Center Inc.
www.dlc-ma.org

Franklin County Bar Association Advocates
www.mass.gov/courts/courtsandjudges/courts/probateandfamilycourt/lookfran.html

Hampshire County Bar Advocates
Hcba@juno.com

Western Mass. Legal Services
www.wmls.org

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Elder Care

Caregiver Support

800-AGE-INFO
www.800ageinfo.com

Alzheimer's Association
www.alz.org

Alzheimer's Association - MA Chapter
www.alzmass.org

The Center for Social Gerontology
www.tcsg.org

Family Caregiver Alliance - National Center on Caregiving
www.caregiver.org

MA Association of Home Care Programs
www.masshomecare.org

National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
www.naela.org

National Family Caregivers Association
www.thefamilycaregiver.org

Lotsa Helping Hands
www.nfca.lotsahelpinghands.com

National Caregivers Library
www.caregiverslibrary.org

National Alliance For Caregiving
www.caregiving.org

Today's Caregiver
www.caregiver.com

Family Caregiver Handbook
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Councils on Aging

Agawam
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East Longmeadow
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Hampden
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Holland
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Longmeadow
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Monson
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Palmer
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Springfield Dept. Elder Affairs
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Wales
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West Springfiel
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Wilbraham
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General

AARP
www.aarp.org

Access to Prescription Benefits
www.accesstobenefits.org

ElderWeb
www.elderweb.com

Medicare News Watch
www.hmos4seniors.com

National Fraud Information Center
www.fraud.org

National Senior Citizens Law Center
www.nsclc.org

Senior Sites Housing Information
www.seniorsites.com

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Health & Research

Alzheimer's Association
www.alz.org

Healthfinder
www.healthfinder.gov

National Institutes of Health
www.nih.gov

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Massachusetts Agencies

Executive Office of Elder Affairs
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Massachusetts Aging and Disabilities Information Locator
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MassPro
www.masspro.org

Greater Springfield Senior Services
www.GSSSI.org

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National Agencies

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
www.cms.hhs.gov

Federal Government Benefits
www. GovBenefits.gov

Social Security Administration
http://www.ssa.gov

US Department of Health and Human Services
www.os.dhhs.gov

Veterans Affairs Department
www.va.gov

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Governmental Agencies

State:

Mass. Governor's Office
www.state.ma.us/gov

Secretary of State
http://www.sec.state.ma.us

Tax Department
www.dor.state.ma.us

Vital Statistics
mass.gov/dph/rvrs

Mass Division of Insurance
www.state.ma.us/doi

Mass. Attorney General:
www.ago.state.ma.us

Mass Economic Development Administration:
www.magnet.state.ma.us/econ

Federal:

Senator Scott Brown - (To come)
http://brown.senate.gov

Senator John Kerry
http://kerry.senate.gov

United States Congress
www.congress.org/main

Public Records Source
www.knowx.com

Environmental Protection Agency
www.epa.gov

Federal Bureau of Investigation
www.fbi.gov

Federal Information Center
www.fic.info.gov

Government Sites
www.house.gov.govsites

Library of Congress Home Page
www.loc.gov

IRS Tax Forms and Publicatations
www.irs.ustreas.gov

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Legal Information Sites:

Alpha Legal Directory
www.alphalegal.com

Court TV Glossary of Legal Terms
www.courttv.com/legalterms/glossary.html

DivorceNet
www.divorcenet.com

Best Lawyers
www.bestlawyers.com

Massachusetts General Laws http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/index.html 

Search Engines:

FindLaw-Internet Legal Resources
www.findlaw.com

Law Crawler
www.lawcrawler.com

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General Information

Telephone Directory
www.555-1212.com

American Medical Association
www.ama-assn.org

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Collaborative Law

Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council
www.massclc.org

International Academy of Collaborative Professionalls     

http://www.collaborativepractice.com

The Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
www.afccnet.org

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Mediation

Massachusetts Council On Family Mediation
www.mcfm.org

Mediate.com
www.mediate.com

Association for Conflict Resolution
www.acresolution.org

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Health Insurance

Insurance Partnership

http://www.insurancepartnership.org/index-html.asp

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Attorney-Mediator Oran Kaufman serves clients in Hampshire County, Franklin County, Hampden County, Berkshire County, and Worcester County, including Amherst, Belchertown, Chicopee, Deerfield, Easthampton, Granby, Greenfield, Hadley, Hatfield, Holyoke, Leverett, Longmeadow, Montague, Northampton, Pelham, Shutesbury, South Hadley, Springfield, Pittsfield, Westfield and Whately.