Income Based Repayment (IBR) Do you know that your student loan payments can be adjusted to fit your income? If you have multiple federal education loans, you may apply for loan...
By: Montana Legal Services Association (MLSA) - 08/23/2010
Telephone Hook-Up Fees Do you know there is help to pay for your telephone hook-up and monthly charges? If you qualify, the Link-Up program can give you a discount on the...
By: Montana Legal Services Association (MLSA) - 07/12/2010
Keeping Property with Chapter 7 Do you know that if you file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy you can keep certain property? That property is called "exempt" property. In Montana, your house...
By: Montana Legal Services Association (MLSA) - 06/14/2010
Domestic/Sexual/Dating Violence and Stalking
Order of Protection Do you know you can use an online, interactive program to help you fill out a Petition for Order of Protection? The interactive program asks you...
By: Montana Legal Services Association (MLSA) - 07/06/2010
Employment
Unemployment Benefits Do you know that if your unemployment benefits have ended you may be eligible for more? President Obama has signed a law to extend unemployment bene...
By: Montana Legal Services Association (MLSA) - 07/26/2010
Unpaid Leave Do you know that the Family and Medical Leave Act says certain workers can take unpaid leave to care for an ill family member or to get better from...
By: Montana Legal Services Association (MLSA) - 07/20/2010
Families and Kids
Special Needs Children Do you know that public school districts must screen children for special needs? A school district must provide a free screening to a child if the p...
By: Montana Legal Services Association (MLSA) - 08/30/2010
Change in Child Support Do you know that you can ask for a change in child support that you pay or get? Some reasons you can ask for a change include if your income or your...
By: Montana Legal Services Association (MLSA) - 08/09/2010
Summer Parenting Time Do you know that if a parenting plan tells you to send your kids back to the other parent after summer parenting time, you have to? Many parents don...
By: Montana Legal Services Association (MLSA) - 08/03/2010
Following Your Parenting Plan Do you know that if a parenting plan says your kids go to
the other parent for the summer, they must go? Many pare...
By: Montana Legal Services Association (MLSA) - 05/24/2010
Raising Rent Do you know that there is no rent control that keeps
landlords from raising rent in Montana? But, your landlord mu...
By: Montana Legal Services Association (MLSA) - 06/08/2010
Public Benefits
HMK - Children's Health Insurance Do you know that many children are eligible for health insurance at no cost or little cost? The Healthy Montana Kids program makes it possible for m...
By: Montana Legal Services Association (MLSA) - 06/22/2010
Self-Help
We want to make self help interactive forms better! Have you used an interactive (online) Self Help form? We want to make the forms better! You can help by filling out our short survey about your experi...
By: Montana Legal Services Association (MLSA) - 03/30/2010
The Legal System
Waiving Court Fees Do you know that if you are low-income you can apply to have the fees for filing court documents waived? You can fill out a form that will ask to get...
By: Montana Legal Services Association (MLSA) - 06/02/2010
LiveHelp
Do you know that you can get online help to find legal information? You can use a chat tool to connect with a real person to help you. The...
By: Montana Legal Services Association (MLSA) - 07/14/2009