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Florida Court Decisions

Supreme Court (Fla.) Court of Appeal—1st District (Fla. 1st Dist. Ct. App.) Court of Appeal—2nd District (Fla. 2nd Dist. Ct. App.) Court of Appeal—3rd District (Fla. 3rd Dist. Ct. App.) Court of Appeal—4th District (Fla. 4th Dist. Ct. App.) [current year] Court of Appeal—5th District (Fla. 5th Dist. Ct. App.) ————— U.S. District Court—Middle District (M.D. Fla.) * U.S. District Court—Northern District (N.D. Fla.) * U.S. District Court—Southern District (S.D. Fla.) * —————  * Not available — Browse for information.

Appellate cases can be retrieved by citation (e.g., “664 So. 2d 366”) from a LEXIS database (free searching goes back five years only). There is also a text-search function. (Registration is required but is free.)

Additional Resources
¶  Supreme court opinions and briefs ... [Florida State Univ. Coll. of Law] — Opinions in this database start in April 1993 (but there is sporadic coverage of earlier cases). The database includes briefs filed in the cases.
¶  “Gavel to Gavel”—The Florida Supreme Court: Oral Arguments On-line ... [WFSU-TV, Tallahassee (Fla.)]
¶  Florida court opinions ... [James H. Wyman, Esq. (Fla.)]
¶  Guide to Locating Florida Case Law: Current Decisions ... [Univ. of Florida, Fredric G. Levin Coll. of Law Legal Info. Ctr.]

Florida Constitution and Legislation

1. Constitution (Fla. Const.)
   Additional Resources
   ¶  Florida Constitution Revision Commission ... [Florida State Univ., Coll. of Law]
   Bills
   2010 House Bills 2009 House Bills 2008 House Bills 2007 House Bills 2006 House Bills 2005 House Bills 2004 House Bills 2003 House Bills 2002 House Bills 2001 House Bills 2000 Special Session House Bills  2000 House Bills 1999 House Bills 1998 House Bills 1997 Special Session House Bills 1997 House Bills
   2010 Senate Bills 2009 Senate Bills 2008 Senate Bills 2007 Senate Bills 2006 Senate Bills 2005 Senate Bills 2004 Senate Bills 2003 Senate Bills 2002 Senate Bills 2001 Senate Bills 2000 Special Session Senate Bills 2000 Senate Bills 1999 Senate Bills 1998 Senate Bills 1997 Special Session Senate Bills 1997 Senate Bills
   See also the Florida Legislature web site and links to current and past initiative measures back to 1994.

2. Laws of Florida (Fla. Laws)
   These are “pamphlet laws,” back to 1997, in PDF files (chaptered laws presented monograph-style, one law per file).
   Florida Statutes (Fla. Stat.)
   See also uniform laws and interstate compacts.
   Additional Resources
   ¶  Superseded Florida Statutes
        2007 Florida Statutes 2006 Florida Statutes 2005 Florida Statutes 2004 Florida Statutes 2003 Florida Statutes 2002 Florida Statutes 2001 Florida Statutes 2000 Florida Statutes 1999 Florida Statutes 1998 Florida Statutes 1997 Florida Statutes 1996 Florida Statutes 1995 Florida Statutes

   ¶  Guide to Using Florida Statutes and Guide to Florida Legislative History ... [Univ. of Florida, Fredric G. Levin Coll. of Law Legal Info. Ctr.]

Florida Rules of Procedure and Practice

Florida Rules of Procedure
1. Approved Rules ... These are rules promulgated by the Florida Supreme Court. The rules linked here are in PDF files that can take a relatively long time to be displayed.
   Rules of Judicial Administration (Fla. R. Jud. Admin.) ————— Rules of Appellate Procedure (Fla. R. App. P.) ————— Rules of Civil Procedure (Fla. R. Civ. P.) Rules of Criminal Procedure (Fla. R. Crim. P.) Family Law Rules of Procedure (Fla. Fam. L.R.P.)     —Family Law Forms Rules of Juvenile Procedure (Fla. R. Juv. P.) Probate Rules (Fla. Prob. R.) Rules for Certified and Court-Appointed Mediators (Fla. R. for Mediators) ————— Small Claims Rules (Fla. Small Claims R.) Rules of Traffic Court (Fla. Traffic Ct. R.)
   Rules in Numerical Order:  Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.010 et seq. Fla. R. Jud. Admin. 2.010 et seq. Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.010 et seq. Fla. Prob. R. 5.010 et seq. Fla. R. Traffic Ct. 6.010 et seq. Fla. Small Claims R. 7.010 et seq. Fla. R. Juv. P. 8.000 et seq. Fla. R. App. P. 9.010 et seq. Fla. R. for Mediators 10.100 et seq. Fla. R. for Arbitrators 11.010 et seq. * Fla. Fam. L.R.P. 12.000 et seq.     —Family Law Forms 12.900 et seq. —————  * These rules are not available on-line.
   Note: If a link in either drop-down list above returns a not-found (404) error, try the rules page on the Florida Bar web site (where the rules page is linked on the left-side menu under “Professional Practice | Rules of Procedure”).
2. Rules of Evidence ... The rules of evidence are contained in chapter 90 of the Florida Statutes (see above).
Local Court Rules
1st Judicial Circuit    —Administrative Orders 2nd Judicial Circuit 5th Judicial Circuit 6th Judicial Circuit—Rules    —Administrative Orders 7th Judicial Circuit—Administrative Orders 8th Judicial Circuit—Rules    —Administrative Orders 9th Judicial Circuit—Rules    —Administrative Orders 10th Judicial Circuit—Administrative Orders 11th Judicial Circuit 12th Judicial Circuit—Rules    —Administrative Orders 13th Judicial Circuit—Rules    —Administrative Orders 15th Judicial Circuit—Rules    —Administrative Orders 17th Judicial Circuit—Rules    —Administrative Orders 18th Judicial Circuit—Administrative Orders    —Practice Manuals 20th Judicial Circuit—Administrative Orders
Note: Local rules for state courts are promulgated in administrative orders as well as in denominated rules (and in other forms, such as practice manuals).
U.S. Court Rules
U.S. District Court Rules—Middle District (M.D. Fla. R.)    —Northern District (N.D. Fla. R.)    —Southern District (S.D. Fla. R.) [see CAUTION note below] ————— U.S. Bankruptcy Court Rules—Middle District (M.D. Fla. Bankr. R.)    —Northern District (N.D. Fla. Bankr. R.)    —Southern District (S.D. Fla. Bankr. R.)
CAUTION: When viewing the rules for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District, (1) see also errata and (2) do not click on “Close this window . . . ” at the top of the browser window—use the browser's “Back” function instead (otherwise, the browser application will close).
Rules of Practice ♦ Professional Ethics Decisions
Rules Regulating the Florida Bar Guidelines for Professional Conduct Florida Standards for Imposing Lawyer Sanctions ————— Florida Code of Judicial Conduct ————— Florida Bar Ethics Opinions Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee Opinions
Additional Resources
¶  Amendments to Florida rules ... [Florida State Courts]
¶  Sentencing Guidelines
Criminal Punishment Code Scoresheet Preparation Manual (2003) ... [Florida Dep't of Corrections / Office of the State Courts Administrator] — This manual was prepared to assist in the completion of criminal code scoresheets under the 1998 Florida Criminal Punishment Code [see Fla. Stat. § 921.002 et seq.]. A criminal code scoresheet is required for all felonies subject to the criminal punishment code, which applies to sentencing for all felonies, except capital felonies, committed on or after October 1, 1998.
¶  Professional Ethics Resources — sunEthics.com ... [Timothy P. Chinaris, Esq. / Thomas Goode Jones Sch. of Law (Ala.)] — This web site covers legal ethics, judicial ethics, and bar-admission issues, featuring Florida (but including links to other-state ethics resources and national ethics resources).
¶  Legal Citation Rules
Appellate Procedure Rule 9.800, “Uniform Citation System” ... (The link is to the Adobe Acrobat file containing all of the appellate procedure rules. Browser-search for “RULE 9.800.”) “This rule applies to all legal documents, including court opinions. . . . All other citations shall be in the form prescribed by the latest edition of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, The Harvard Law Review Association, Gannett House, Cambridge, Mass. 02138. Citations not covered in this rule or in The Bluebook shall be in the form prescribed by the Florida Style Manual published by the Florida State University Law Review, Tallahassee, Fla. 32306.”
Florida Style Manual (4th ed. 1997) ... [Florida State Univ. Law Review] — “This Manual is designed to be a ‘user friendly’ resource for practitioners and scholars, providing proper citation form for Florida materials. It supplements the uniform citation system for Florida legal documents, Rule 9.800, Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure (1995), and the standard citation authority for American legal journals, The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (16th ed.).”

Florida Administrative Law Sources

Regulations
Florida Administrative Code (Fla. Admin. Code) Florida Administrative Weekly (Fla. Admin. Wkly.)
1. Opinions ♦ Decisions ♦ Orders ♦ Rulings
   Attorney General Opinions (Ops. Fla. Att'y Gen.)
   Additional Resources
   ¶  Guide to Using the Florida Administrative Code ... [Univ. of Florida, Fredric G. Levin Coll. of Law Legal Info. Ctr.]

Florida Local Law Sources

Charters
Brevard County Broward County Charlotte County  
Note that a charter could be included in a collection of ordinances (see below) instead of being separately accessible.
County Ordinances
Alachua County <2> Bay County <2> Bradford County <2> Brevard County <2> Broward County <2> Charlotte County <2> Citrus County <2> Clay County <2> Collier County <2> DeSoto County <2> Escambia County <2> Flagler County <2> Franklin County <2> Gadsden County <2> Gilchrist County <2> Hendry County <2> Hernando County <2> Highlands County <2> Hillsborough County <2> Indian River County <2> Jackson County <2> Lake County <2> Lee County <2> Leon County <2> Levy County <2> Manatee County <2> Marion County <2> Martin County <2> Miami-Dade County <2> Monroe County <2> Nassau County <2> Okaloosa County <2> Okeechobee County <2> Orange County <2> Osceola County <2> Palm Beach County <2> Pasco County <2> Pinellas County <2> Polk County <2> Santa Rosa County <2> Sarasota County <2> Seminole County <2> St. Lucie County <2> Sumter County <2> Suwannee County <2> Taylor County <2> Volusia County <2> Wakulla County <2> Walton County <2> Washington County <2>   
Click on the button keyed to the name of the county. NOTE: On some web sites, selecting the state is necessary for access to the ordinances link.
Municipal Ordinances
Altamonte Springs <6> Anna Maria <6> Apopka <6> Atlantic Beach <6> Atlantis <6> Auburndale <6> Aventura <6> Avon Park <6> Bal Harbour <6> Baldwin <6> Bartow <6> Bay Harbor Islands <6> Belle Glade <6> Belle Isle <6> Belleair <6> Belleair Beach <6> Belleair Bluffs <6> Belleview <6> Boca Raton <6> Boynton Beach <2> Bradenton <6> Bradenton Beach <6> Bronson <6> Brooksville <6> Bunnell <6> Callaway <6> Cape Canaveral <6> Cape Coral <2> Casselberry <6> Chipley <6> Cinco Bayou <6> Clearwater <6> Clermont <6> Clewiston <6> Cocoa <6> Cocoa Beach <6> Coconut Creek <6> Coral Gables <6> Coral Springs <6> Crestview <6> Crystal River <6> Cutler Bay <6> Dade City <6> Dania Beach <6> Davenport <6> Davie <6> Daytona Beach <6> Daytona Beach Shores <6> DeBary <6> Deerfield Beach <6> DeLand <6> Delray Beach <6> Deltona <6> Destin <6> Dundee <6> Dunedin <6> Dunnellon <6> Eagle Lake <6> Edgewood <6> El Portal <6> Eustis <6> Fellsmere <6> Fernandina Beach <6> Flagler Beach <6> Florida City <6> Fort Lauderdale <6> Fort Meade <6> Fort Myers <6> Fort Pierce <6> Fort Walton Beach <6> Gainesville <6> Golden Beach <6> Green Cove Springs <6> Greenacres <6> Gretna <6> Groveland <6> Gulf Breeze <6> Gulfport <6> Hallandale Beach <6> Haverhill <6> Hawthorne <6> Hialeah <6> Hialeah Gardens <6> High Springs <6> Highland Beach <6> Hilliard <6> Holly Hill <6> Hollywood <2> Holmes Beach <6> Homestead <6> Howey-in-the-Hills <6> Hypoluxo <6> Indian Creek Village <6> Indian Rocks Beach <6> Indian Shores <6> Inglis <6> Inverness <6> Islamorada <6> Jacksonville <6> Jacksonville Beach <6> Jupiter <6> Jupiter Inlet Colony <6> Kenneth City <6> Key Biscayne <6> Key Colony Beach <6> Key West <6> Keystone Heights <2> Kissimmee <2> LaBelle <6> Lady Lake <6> Lake Alfred <6> Lake City <6> Lake Clarke Shores <6> Lake Mary <2> Lake Park <6> Lake Placid <6> Lake Wales <6> Lake Worth <6> Lakeland <6> Lantana <6> Largo <5> Lauderdale Lakes <6> Lauderdale-by-the-Sea <6> Lauderhill <6> Leesburg <6> Lighthouse Point <6> Live Oak <6> Longboat Key <5> Lynn Haven <6> Macclenny <6> Madeira Beach <6> Madison <6> Maitland <6> Malabar <6> Manalapan <2> Marathon <6> Marco Island <6> Margate <6> Marianna <6> Mary Esther <6> Mascotte <6> Medley <6> Melbourne <6> Melbourne Beach <2> Miami <6> Miami Beach <6> Miami Shores Village <6> Miami Springs <6> Midway <6> Midway Fire District <6> Minneola <6> Miramar <6> Monticello <6> Mount Dora <6> Naples <6> Neptune Beach <6> New Port Richey <6> New Smyrna Beach <6> Newberry <6> Niceville <6> North Bay Village <6> North Lauderdale <6> North Miami <6> North Miami Beach <3> North Palm Beach <6> North Port <6> North Redington Beach <6> Oakland <6> Oakland Park <6> Ocala <6> Ocean Ridge <6> Ocoee <6> Okeechobee <6> Oldsmar <6> Opa-locka <6> Orange City <6> Orange Park <6> Orchid <6> Orlando <6> Ormond Beach <6> Oviedo <6> Palatka <6> Palm Bay <2> Palm Beach <6> Palm Beach Gardens <6> Palm Beach Shores <6> Palm Coast <6> Palm Shores <6> Palm Springs <6> Palmetto <6> Palmetto Bay <6> Panama City <6> Panama City Beach <6> Parker <6> Parkland <6> Pembroke Park <6> Pembroke Pines <2> Pensacola <6> Pinecrest <6> Pinellas Park <6> Plant City <6> Plantation <6> Polk City <6> Pompano Beach <2> Ponce Inlet <6> Port Orange <6> Port Richey <6> Port St. Joe <6> Port St. Lucie <6> Quincy <6> Redington Beach <6> Redington Shores <4> Riviera Beach <6> Rockledge <6> Royal Palm Beach <6> Safety Harbor <6> San Antonio <6> Sanford <6> Sanibel <6> Sarasota <6> Satellite Beach <6> Sea Ranch Lakes <6> Sebastian <6> Sebring <6> Seminole <6> Sewalls Point <6> Shalimar <6> South Daytona <6> South Miami <6> South Palm Beach <6> South Pasadena <4> Springfield <6> St. Augustine <6> St. Augustine Beach <6> St. Cloud <6> St. Leo <6> St. Marks <6> St. Pete Beach <6> St. Petersburg <6> Starke <6> Stuart <6> Sunny Isles Beach <4> Sunrise <6> Surfside <6> Tallahassee <6> Tamarac <6> Tampa <6> Tarpon Springs <6> Tavares <6> Tequesta <6> Titusville <6> Treasure Island <6> Valparaiso <6> Venice <6> Vero Beach <6> Virginia Gardens <6> Wauchula <6> Wellington <6> West Melbourne <6> West Palm Beach <6> Weston <2> Wildwood <6> Williston <6> Wilton Manors <6> Winter Garden <6> Winter Haven <6> Winter Park <6> Winter Springs <6> Zolfo Springs <4>       
Click on the button keyed to the name of the municipality. NOTE: On some web sites, selecting the state is necessary for access to the ordinances link.

Florida Law-Related Periodicals

1. Florida Bar Journal (Fla. B.J.) ... Selected articles with a text search function (from Jan. 1993).
2. Florida Coastal Law Review (Fla. Coastal L. Rev.)
3. Florida Law Review (Fla. L. Rev.)
4. Florida State University Law Review (Florida St. U. L. Rev.) ... Both hypertext versions and PDF files of all articles.
5. International Journal of Drug Testing (Int'l J. Drug Testing) ... [Univ. So. Florida / Florida State Univ.]
6. Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law (J. Land Use & Evtl. L.) ... [Florida St. Univ. Coll. of Law]
7. Journal of Technology Law & Policy (J. Tech. L. & Pol'y) ... [Univ. of Fla. Coll. of Law]
8. Journal of Transnational Law and Policy (J. Transnat'l L. & Pol'y) ... [Florida St. Univ. Coll. of Law]
9. Stetson Law Review (Stetson L. Rev.)

Other Florida Commentary

1. Annual Eleventh Circuit Survey ... [Mercer Univ. Sch. of Law] — The Mercer Law Review publishes the Eleventh Circuit survey as the summer issue each year. The most-recent survey issue usually is available on-line.

2. Reporter's Handbook ... [Florida Bar] — This handbook provides an overview of selected legal matters, for the information and guidance of news reporters.

3. Guidelines for Professional Conduct ... [Trial Lawyers Section of the Florida Bar; Conference of Circuit Court Judges; Conference of County Court Judges] — From the preamble: “Although we do not expect every lawyer to agree with every guideline, these standards reflect our best effort to encourage decency and courtesy in our professional lives without intruding unreasonably on each lawyer's choice of style or tactics.”

4. Handbook on Discovery Practice (8th ed. 2003) ... [Joint Committee of the Trial Lawyers Section of the Florida Bar, the Conference of Circuit Court Judges, and the Conference of County Court Judges] — “This handbook is . . . intended to be a quick reference for lawyers and judges on many recurring discovery problems. It does not profess to be the dispositive legal authority on any particular issue. It is designed to help busy lawyers and judges quickly access legal authority for the covered topics. The ultimate objective is to help curtail perceived abuses in discovery so that the search for truth is not thwarted by the discovery process itself.”

5. A Guide to Doing Business in Florida. Steel Hector & Davis LLP ... [Lex Mundi]

6. Monographs on Agricultural and Environmental Laws ... [Univ. of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences] — Web versions of publications related to law and agriculture: for example, “Florida Fence and Property Law” (also in Spanish), “Florida Solid and Hazardous Waste Regulation” (also in Spanish), and “Handbook of Florida Agricultural Laws” (also in Spanish).

Florida Law-Related Topical Web Sites

Florida Court Information

Appellate Court Web Sites
Supreme Court First District Court of Appeal Third District Court of Appeal Fourth District Court of Appeal Fifth District Court of Appeal
Judicial Circuit Court and U.S. District Court Web Sites
1st Judicial Circuit 2nd Judicial Circuit 3rd Judicial Circuit 4th Judicial Circuit 5th Judicial Circuit 6th Judicial Circuit 7th Judicial Circuit 8th Judicial Circuit 9th Judicial Circuit 10th Judicial Circuit 11th Judicial Circuit 12th Judicial Circuit 13th Judicial Circuit 15th Judicial Circuit 17th Judicial Circuit 18th Judicial Circuit 19th Judicial Circuit 20th Judicial Circuit ————— U.S. District Court—Middle District     —Northern District     —Southern District U.S. Bankruptcy Court—Middle District     —Northern District     —Southern District
1. Addresses ♦ Names ♦ Numbers
   See also court web sites, above.
   District Courts of Appeal
   County Court Clerks
   Additional Resources

   NOTE—Florida has 67 counties that are grouped into 20 judicial circuits. The judicial circuits are grouped into five appellate-court districts. Each county has a circuit court (the court of general jurisdiction) and a county court.

   ¶  District courts of appeal ... See a state map showing generally what counties compose each of the five districts. See a listing of judicial circuits composing each district.
   ¶  Circuit courts ... See a state map showing generally what counties compose each of the 20 judicial circuits.
   ¶  County clerks ... Links to web sites maintained by county clerks.

Florida Forms

1. Family Law Forms ... [Florida State Courts] — Forms in PDF files can be completed on-line. Forms are available also in zipped files for downloading for use in a word processor.

2. Business Entity Forms ...[Paracorp, Inc. (Cal.)] — Convenient interface to view and print in-blank official state forms (in PDF files) for filing by business entities. A JavaScript-enabled browser is required.

Other Florida Resources

Government-Related Web Sites
Legislature Judicial Branch ————— Attorney General ————— Revenue Department Secretary of State
See also the Florida Piper Resources list of sites.
Additional Resources
¶  Vital Records — Contact Information ... [Elizabeth Orsay (Ind.)]
¶  Workers' Compensation — Agency Contact and Staff Contact Information ... [Robert W. McDowell / North Carolina Industrial Commission]
Florida Bar
Appellate Practice Section Business Law Section Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section Environmental and Land Use Law Section Family Law Section Health Law Section Quality of Life/Stress Management Committee Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section Tax Law Section Trial Lawyers Section Young Lawyers Division
These units of the Florida Bar have their own web sites, separate from the Florida Bar's web site.
1. Bar Associations ♦ Law-Related Organizations
   See also listings for voluntary bar associations on the Florida Bar web site.
   Practice-Area Associations (Statewide and Regional)
   American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Florida Chapter) Bankruptcy Bar Association for the Southern District of Florida Central Florida Bankruptcy Law Association Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Florida Defense Lawyers Association Florida Justice Association [Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers] Florida Public Defender Association Florida Trial Court Staff Attorneys Association
   Special-Interest Bar Associations (Statewide and Regional)
   Caribbean Bar Association Cuban-American Bar Association Florida Association for Women Lawyers
   Law-Related Organizations (Statewide and Regional)
   Florida Academy of Professional Mediators Florida Bar Foundation Florida Law Related Education Association ————— Florida Association of Legal Support Specialists
   See the National Federation of Paralegal Associations for links to websites of member organizations.
   Local Bar Associations • Local Law-Related Organizations
   Brandon Bar Association Brevard County Bar Association Broward County Bar Association Carrollwood Community Bar Association Clearwater Bar Association Collier County Bar Association Coral Gables Bar Association Dade County Bar Association Hillsborough Association for Women Lawyers Hillsborough County Bar Association Indian River County Bar Association Jacksonville Bar Association Lee County Bar Association Miami-Dade Justice Association Orange County Bar Association Palm Beach County Bar Association Palm Beach County Trial Lawyers Association Sarasota County Bar Association South Palm Beach County Bar Association St. Lucie County Bar Association St. Petersburg Bar Association Tallahassee Bar Association Volusia County Bar Association West Pasco Bar Association ————— Jacksonville Legal Assistants Northeast Florida Paralegal Association
   Law Schools ♦ Admission to Practice ♦ Continuing Legal Education
   Florida Bar—Continuing Legal Education Florida Law Related Education Association ————— Board of Bar Examiners ————— Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law (Barry University) Florida Coastal School of Law Florida International University College of Law Florida State University College of Law Fredric G. Levin College of Law (University of Florida) Shepard Broad Law Center (Nova Southeastern University) St. Thomas University School of Law Stetson University College of Law University of Miami School of Law
   1. Consulate General of Mexico in Miami • Consulado General de México en Miami
   2. Consulate General of Mexico in Orlando • Consulado General de México en Orlando

Legal Research and Assistance

Law Libraries
Florida Supreme Court ————— Brevard County Duval County Hernando County Lake County Miami-Dade County Pinellas County Sarasota County Volusia County Barry University (Dwayne O. Andreas Sch. of Law) Florida International University Florida State University Nova Southeastern University St. Thomas University Stetson University University of Florida University of Miami
See also links to web sites of public law libraries and catalogs of academic law libraries, maintained by the library at Washburn University School of Law; and the LibrarySites.Info database of library web sites (“Libcat”).
1. State Bar Consumer Pamphlets • Folletos para el Consumidor
   Some pamphlets are available also in Spanish. Many pamphlets are available as PDF files, which can be downloaded from the linked page.

2. Bankruptcy Law and Procedures for Florida Residents ... [Calicchia & Kinast LLP (Ohio)] — This web site, presented by a Cleveland bankruptcy law firm, covers basic information about the bankruptcy process, describes debt consolidation and credit counseling as alternatives to bankruptcy, lists the property that an individual is allowed to keep (with citations to governing provisions of Florida law), and gives information about the bankruptcy courts and how to contact bankruptcy attorneys in Florida.

3. Low-Cost Legal Aid ... See also the web site for LawHelp.org and the web site for SelfHelpSupport.org.
   1. FloridaLawHelp.org ... [Pro Bono Net (N.Y.)] — This is “a guide to free legal information and legal services in Florida. What can you find here? Legal educational materials, sample forms, and information about the courts, community resources and free and low-cost legal aid programs to help you with your legal problem.”
   2. Florida Legal Help for the Poor ... [Am. Bar Ass'n] — Contact information for statewide and local legal-aid programs, from the ABA's Directory of Pro Bono Programs. The ABA also provides a page of links to pro bono programs' web sites.
   3. WomensLaw.org — Sources of Legal Help ... [WomensLaw.org (N.Y.)] — Sources of legal help (not limited to legal help for women) include statewide domestic-violence resources, local domestic-violence resources listed by city or town, free or low-cost legal services, and lawyer referral services.