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Lawyer Locator

Family Law Resources

  • American Bar Association – Family Law Section
    The ABA Section of Family Law has over 10,000 lawyer, associate and law student members, dedicated to serving the field of family law in areas such as divorce, custody, military law, alternative families, elder law and children's law. Learn about issues as they affect professionals practicing in the field of family law.
  • American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
    Fellows of the AAML are highly skilled negotiators and litigators who represent individuals in all facets of family law. These areas include divorce, annulment, prenuptial agreements, postnuptial agreements, marital settlement agreements, child custody and visitation, business valuations, property valuations and division, alimony, child support and other family law issues. This web site contains resources for attorney members as well as the general public.

Parent Resources

  • Divorce Magazine
    Divorce Magazine is a leading divorce and separation resource site, providing information and advice about divorce law, divorce lawyers, family law, children and divorce.
  • Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network
    The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network is the nation's largest anti-sexual assault organization. RAINN operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline and carries out programs to prevent sexual assault, help victims and ensure that rapists are brought to justice.
  • Baby Place
    The starting point for information on pregnancy, birth and babies.

Accreditation Agencies

  • American Association of Blood Banks
    The Relationship Testing Accreditation Program of the American Association of Blood Banks provides standards for the performance of tests for relationship and provides for the assessment and accreditation of laboratories performing relationship testing. This accreditation helps laboratories achieve quality performance.
  • Standards Council of Canada (ISO 17025)
    The Standards Council of Canada offers accreditation and recognition to testing facilities through its Program for the Accreditation of Laboratories/Canada in accordance with the requirements of CAN-P-4E (ISO/IEC 17025:2005).
  • Clinical Laboratory Improvements Amendments
    Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) establishes quality standards for all laboratory testing to ensure the accuracy, reliability and timeliness of patient test results regardless of where the test was performed.
  • New York State Department of Health
    Information on the Certification and Licensing program in New York state which monitors the overall quality of testing conducted by laboratories located within the state as well as out-of-state facilities that accept specimens obtained in New York state.

Immigration Resources

  • US Embassies abroad
    A list of US Embassies abroad with full contact information.
  • The Immigration Portal
    This website provides information for immigrants including an attorney locator, immigration forms, legislative updates and statistics on the processing times of the various USCIS offices.

Tribal Resources

  • Bureau of Indian Affairs
    The Bureau of Indian Affairs website provides information on the 561 federally recognized tribal governments in the United States.
  • Falmouth Institute
    The Falmouth Institute is a leading provider of training seminars and conferences, consulting and publishing services dedicated solely to the issues impacting tribes today.
  • American Indian Report
    This publication is a monthly news magazine providing in-depth coverage of the issues that impact Native Americans and their communities.

Adoption Resources

  • Adoptive Families
    Adoptive Families is a national adoption magazine which provides adoption information or families before, during, and after adoption.
  • Joint Council on International Children’s Services
    The JCICS is one of the oldest and largest child welfare organizations, with a focus on inter-country children’s services. With a mission to advocate on behalf of children in need of permanent, safe and loving families, Joint Council promotes ethical child welfare practices, strengthens professional standards and educates adoptive families, social service professionals and government representatives throughout the world.
  • JCICS Guatemala Information
    This page provides news on the issues that are affecting inter-country adoptions from Guatemala, especially those pertaining to the Hague Convention. It also provides a list of adoption agencies which work in Guatemala.
  • American Academy of Adoption Attorneys
    The AAAA is a national association of approximately 330 attorneys who practice, or have otherwise distinguished themselves, in the field of adoption law. The Academy promotes the reform of adoption laws, the promotion of ethical adoption practices, publishes a newsletter, holds annual meetings and hosts educational seminars.
  • USCIS Intercountry Adoptions
    This site presents information on the procedures and forms required for Inter-country adoptions.
  • Department of State Intercountry Adoptions
    The Department of State site provides intercountry adoption news and Country-specific information as well as information on the Hague Convention.
  • Information for Birth Mothers and Adopting Families
    Adoption.com helps adoptive parents make adoption dreams come true, assists adoptees and birthparents to find birth families and provides critical information to women facing crisis pregnancies.
  • Intercountry Adoption and the Hague Convention
    This Department of State site provides general information on the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption and specifically as it relates to adoptions from Guatemala.

Forensic Resources