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This article was updated to reflect changes in the law, which took effect Aug. 28, 2021. Individuals who committed certain crimes may have those offenses sealed under Missouri’s expungement law, lifting a huge st...

The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) provides funding to each state’s legal aid program(s) to provide legal aid to eligible clients. In return, every legal aid program must provide a report to LSC concerning their service delivery numbers and op...

By Paul Adler Published: Nov. 17, 2021 SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Investors are buying into the rental home market to get a slice of rising rents. So, one of our viewers wants to know can a landlord sell a house and force you out with n...

Supreme Court of Missouri en banc October 5, 2021 Effective October 5, 2021 In re:  Adult and Child Protection Forms ORDER 1.  The forms attached to this order, having been prepared by the State Judicial Records Co...

  Stacy is a single parent of three. She reached out to our Justice in the Schools project for help with a custody arrangement regarding two of her children. Her oldest child had significant mental and physical health issues that re...

The 2021 Gerald R. Ortbals Award for outstanding law practice is awarded to Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP and Wells Fargo for their joint initiative to help provide legal assistance to renters facing eviction. The Legal Services of Eastern Mis...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Legal Aid of Western Missouri has selected Alicia M. Johnson as its new Executive Director. Johnson assumed the role Aug. 18, 2021 Johnson first joined Legal Aid – a non-profit that provides free civil legal assistance to people...

A new Missouri law will make it easier for some people to get their criminal records cleared. To read more about this and the bill language go to the following link. If you click on this link you will be leaving this website.  

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