Legal Assistance

Organization Details

Organization Name:
FreeState Justice
Address:
2526 St. Paul Street,
Baltimore,
Maryland,
21218
Phone
410-625-5428
Program Contact Phone
410-625-5428
Program uses Language Line (Y/N)
Yes
Program staff provide services in other lanuages
Spanish
Intake days/hours (by phone)
Tuesdays, 2pm-5pm
Intake days/hours (other)
See the online intake form
Cost or fee (describe)
Free
Eligibility-residence-county
Statewide
Eligibility-other
Low-income lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Maryland residents
Program Description

FreeState Justice provides assistance with the following types of cases:

  • Name changes
  • Gender marker changes on birth certificates or State-issued identification
  • Discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in employment, housing, health care, school, public accommodations, and prisons/detention centers
  • Family law matters, including divorce or dissolution, child custody, child support, adoption
  • Legal protection from harassment or harm, including intimate partner (domestic) violence

In addition to cases that are handled by FreeState staff, many of our clients are served by members of our volunteer attorney network.

Children (Child Custody, Support, Adoption)
Full Representation
Civil Rights
Full Representation
Divorce
Full Representation
Domestic Violence
Full Representation
Employment
Full Representation
Se habla Español
Full Representation
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