FREE LEGAL RESOURCES FOR THE PUBLIC

• org is a free online legal advice website provided by the State Bar of Texas and Texas Legal Services Center that allows low-income Texans to post questions about their civil legal issues and receive answers from volunteer Texas attorneys.
• Texas Legal Services Center has created this web pageof COVID-19 resources, including several documents on eviction and tenants rights, forced quarantines, unemployment benefits, and others.
• If you need a lawyer, contact the State Bar’s Lawyer Referral & Information Serviceat 800-252-9690 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekdays.
• If you can’t afford an attorney, please consult this Referral Directory for Low-Income Texansfor legal service providers by county.

It has been said many times that the more you know, the better off you’ll be.  Nowhere is this more true than when it comes to area of estate planning. As such, as a courtesy to clients, prospects, and friends of the firm, as well as visitors to our web site, we offer the following resources:

Estate Planning:

Estate Planning FAQs
Cornell’s Legal Information Institute: www.law.cornell.edu/wex/Estate_Planning
Professor Beyer:  www.professorbeyer.com
Emory University: www.worklife.emory.edu/financialsupport/quickguides/EstatePlanning.html
ABA’s Estate Planning Answers:  www.abanet.org/rppt/public/home.html

Veterans

https://www.va.gov/geriatrics/

https://www.1010ez.med.va.gov/sec/vha/1010ez/

Federal Benefits for Veterans, Dependents & Survivors (book) https://www.va.gov/opa/publications/benefits_book.asp

Texas Veterans Portal
https://veterans.portal.texas.gov/

Special Needs

MetDesk Special Needs Calculator: https://www.metlifeiseasier.com/metdesk(Available on the Special Needs Answers site at: https://www.specialneedsanswers.com/resources/calculators.asp)

• Merrill Lynch Special Needs Calculator: www.totalmerrill.com/specialneeds (Click Special Needs Calculator under “Tools and Resources”.)

National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers (caremanager.org)

National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI) (nami.org)

Stephen Dale (Dale Law Firm, PC) (achievingindependence.com). Although located in California, his website is excellent for some general education.

The Arc of the United States (thearc.org)

The Arc of Texas https://www.thearcoftexas.org/

Special Needs Assistance Program (SNAP) https://specialneedsabilityprogram.org/

North Texas SNAP https://www.ntxsnap.org/

Medicaid

Texas Medicaid Law (Human Resources Code Title 2, Ch 32) https://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/HR/htm/HR.32.htm – 32.001

Texas Medicaid Regulations: Medicaid Eligibility for the Elderly and People with Disabilities (MEPD)
Title 1, Part 15, Ch 358 of the Texas Administrative Code
https://texreg.sos.state.tx.us/public/readtac$ext.ViewTAC?tac_view=4&ti=1&pt=15&ch=358

 Other Medicaid Resources

https://texreg.sos.state.tx.us/public/readtac$ext.ViewTAC?tac_view=3&ti=1&pt=15

Medicaid Eligibility Handbook

https://hhs.texas.gov/laws-regulations/handbooks/medicaid-elderly-people-disabilities-handbook

 Texas Health and Human Services Commission

https://hhs.texas.gov/

 Texas Workforce Commission

https://www.twc.state.tx.us/

Programs Operations Manual System (POMS)

https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/Home?readform

 Social Security Administration

https://www.ssa.gov/

 Social Security Publications

https://www.ssa.gov/pubs/

 Supplemental Security Income (SSI) COLA

https://www.ssa.gov/oact/cola/SSI.html

State of Texas:

Texas Supreme Court www.supreme.courts.state.tx.us
Texas Courts www.courts.state.tx.us
Texas District Courts www.courts.state.tx.us/courts/district.asp
State of Texas – General Information www.texasonline.com/portal/tol
Texas Secretary of State www.sos.state.tx.us
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts www.window.state.tx.us
Texas Legislature www.capitol.state.tx.us
Texas Attorney General www.oag.state.tx.us
Office of Governor www.governor.state.tx.us

Fort Worth – Tarrant County:

City of Fort Worth www.fortworthgov.org
Tarrant County – General Information www.tarrantcounty.com/egov/site/default.asp
Tarrant County Courts www.tarrantcounty.com/eCourts/site/default.asp
Tarrant County – District Clerk www.tarrantcounty.com/eDistrictClerk/site/default.asp
Tarrant Appraisal District www.tad.org
Tarrant County Official Public Records ccanthem.co.tarrant.tx.us

Surrounding Counties:

Dallas County www.dallascounty.org
Dallas Courts www.dallascourts.com
Collin County www.co.collin.tx.us
Denton County www.co.denton.tx.us
Ellis County www.co.tx.us
Hood County www.co.hood.tx.us
Johnson County www.johnsoncountytx.org
Parker County www.co.parker.tx.us
Wise County www.co.wise.tx.us

Associations:

State Bar of Texas www.texasbar.com
Tarrant County Bar Association www.tarrantbar.org
The College of the State Bar of Texas www.texasbarcollege.com
Texas Board of Legal Specialization www.tbls.org/Default.aspx