Leaving an Abusive Relationship: Who Can Help at Each Stage | Law Talk Friday

Описание: Every Friday at 3:00 PM, Law Talk Friday provides information on the rights and protections available to low-income Texans by focusing on a relevant topic. The original episode aired on Facebook LIVE:   / lonestarlegalaid  .

For this episode of Law Talk Friday, Social Worker Ashleigh Gardner-Cormier and Jocellyn Camarillo (Crime Victims Legal Assistance Coordinator) of our Crime Victims Unit were joined by Amy Smith of the Harris County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council to discuss the different stages in the process of leaving an abusive relationship, and the community resources that are available to assist at each stage.

To learn more about Harris County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council, visit www.hcdvcc.org.

To learn more about Texas Crime Victims Legal Aid Network, visit www.texasvictimnetwork.org.

DISCLAIMER: This presentation is intended to serve as legal information and does not replace legal advice.

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Lone Star Legal Aid is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit law firm focused on advocacy for low-income and underserved populations. We protect and advance the civil legal rights of the millions of Texans living in poverty.

We focus our resources on:
Maintaining, enhancing, and protecting income and economic stability;
Preserving housing;
Improving outcomes for children;
Establishing and sustaining family safety, stability, health, and wellbeing; and
Assisting populations with special vulnerabilities, like those with disabilities, the aging, survivors of crime and disasters, the unemployed and underemployed, the unhoused, those with limited English language skills, and the LGBTQIA+ community

We serve 72 counties in Texas and 4 in Arkansas, an area that covers one-third of the state, including almost 60,000 square miles from Texarkana, down the Louisiana-Texas Gulf Coast state-line, to Matagorda Bay, and into Central Texas, an area with over 2 million Texans eligible for free legal services.

We have 14 offices, and cover many practice areas, including consumer, landlord tenant, foreclosure, public benefits, environmental justice, disaster recovery, tax relief, fair housing, family law, domestic violence, sexual assault, crime victim rights, veterans benefits, and more.

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