- ...get help if someone is threatening to hurt me? How can I obtain protection from Domestic Violence?
Please review our booklet (download PDF format): A Guide to Protection From Abuse and Harassment Actions , requires the free Acrobat Reader).
See Protection from Abuse from Pine Tree Legal.
Protection from Abuse (PA) forms are available in the forms section of this site.
- ...learn more about the child protection case process?
Please see the Handbook for Parents & Legal Guardians in Child Protection Cases on this site.
- ...do find information on Domestic matters like Divorce, Separation and Parental rights?
Directory of web sites for legal assistance - Pine Tree Legal Assistance
General information Pamphlet (PDF) on Divorce and Separation from the Maine Bar
Note: You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view or print this document.
Guide to the Process - Divorce and Parental Rights - Pine Tree Legal Assistance
- ...file a small claims matter in the Maine Court system?
See our Small Claims FAQ section on this site.
- ...find a Lawyer?
The Maine Bar Association provides helpful information about finding a lawyer and offers a referral service.
- ...represent myself in a legal matter?
See our Representing Yourself
page in this site.
- ...file for bankruptcy?
Bankruptcy is a federal matter and is handled in the federal court system, In Maine go to U.S. Bankruptcy Courts in Maine.
- ...find resources for families in the Maine courts?
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- ...get a court order against a neighbor or acquaintance who is harassing me?
See Protection from Harassment from
Pine Tree Legal Assistance.
- ...find information about a case?
The Judicial Branch does not post docket or case information on its website. For information about a case, please contact the clerk’s office where the case is being heard.
- ...get a copy of a birth certificate, marriage certificate, or death certificate?
Certified copies of birth, death, or marriage records from 1923 to the present are available from the Office of Vital Records. Divorce records from 1892 through the present may be obtained from the Office of Vital Records.
- ...get a copy of a will?
Wills, estates and other probate matters are under the jurisdiction of each County Register of Probate.
County Registers of Probate
- Androscoggin County - (207) 782-0281
- Aroostook County - (207) 532-1502
- Cumberland County - (207) 871-8382
- Franklin County - (207) 778-5888
- Hancock County - (207) 667-8434
- Kennebec County - (207) 622-7558
- Knox County - (207) 594-0427
- Lincoln County - (207) 882-7392
- Oxford County - (207) 743-6671
- Penobscot County - (207) 942-8769
- Piscataquis County - (207) 564-2431
- Sagadahoc County - (207) 443-8218
- Somerset County - (207) 474-3322
- Waldo County - (207) 338-2780
- Washington County - (207) 255-6591
- York County - (207) 324-1577
- ...find resources for people with disabilities?
See our accessibility section in this site.
- ...find the sex offender registry?
The Sex Offender Registry Web Site is maintained by the Maine State Police, State Bureau of Identification and is intended to provide the public information concerning the location of registered offenders currently within Maine.
- ...contact my probation officer?
Adult Community Corrections is divided into four regions with numerous suboffices. The main offices are in:
- Portland (Region 1)
- Auburn (Region 2)
- Augusta (Region 3) and
- Bangor ( Region 4)
To locate phone numbers and adressess please visit the Department of Corrections website http://www.maine.gov/corrections/adult/
- ...find Maine Laws?
Maine laws are available on the Office of the Revisor of Statutes web page.
www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/search.htm
