Tell SLLS about familiy law issues in your community. Do not share private information. 10.2025

2025 Family Legal Issues

This survey lets SLLS know about the community's biggest family law issues in 2025.

Please do not use this survey to ask for legal help. Go to slls.org to learn about getting free legal help.

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* 1. What kinds of legal problems with family issues do you see in 2025?
Pick as many issues as you want.

Safety for me or my family: getting help to stop someone from hurting me or my famliy.

Divorce "Uncontested" -- we agree on the issues.

Divorce "Contested" -- we do not agree on the issues.

Custody or Visitation

Child Support

Emancipation -- young people who want to separate from their families..

Children with no family support or care.

Grandparents or other relatives raising other children, including kinship care or provisional custody by mandate.

Is there an issue not listed here?
Describe that issue here in a few words.
Do not give any personal information.
Do not use this line to ask for legal aid.

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* 2. Look at the list. Say whether each issue below is more important to you or less important to you.

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* 3. What kind of legal help do you want and need most to tackle a legal issue or problem? Pick one.

I want a lawyer to help me.

I want some basic legal information about my issue and my rights.

I want forms or information guides I can use on my own.

I want a quick advice session with a lawyer at a library, community center, or community event near me.

I want other kinds of legal help not listed here.

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* 4. Is your household income now in the range for free legal aid? In Louisiana the 2025 limit is $19,563 a year for one person or $40,188 for a household of four. There are exceptions. Please pick "Yes," "No," "Maybe," or "I don't know."

Yes

Maybe

I don't know.

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* 5. Tell us if you have a phone and how you use the Internet. You can pick more than one answer.

I mostly use the Internet from my cell phone.

I do not have my own cell phone.

I use the Internet, or WiFi, or a computer at a public place, like a library.

I get someone else to help me do things online.

I do not have my own email address.

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* 6. Also -- for Louisiana people -- what parish do you live in?
Pick the name of your parish from the dropdown list.

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* 7. Great! You just helped SLLS help the community.
If you have time for one more question, pick the label that best describes your point of view in answering these survey questions.

Client

Free Legal Aid Office

Court System

Private Law Firm

Library.

Government Office

Social Service Agency

University, College or Law School

Pro Bono Program

Bar Association

Other (please specify).

Tell SLLS about familiy law issues in your community. Do not share private information. 10.2025

2025 Family Legal Issues

Question Title

* 1. What kinds of legal problems with family issues do you see in 2025? Pick as many issues as you want.

Question Title

* 2. Look at the list. Say whether each issue below is more important to you or less important to you.

Question Title

* 3. What kind of legal help do you want and need most to tackle a legal issue or problem? Pick one.

Question Title

* 4. Is your household income now in the range for free legal aid? In Louisiana the 2025 limit is $19,563 a year for one person or $40,188 for a household of four. There are exceptions. Please pick "Yes," "No," "Maybe," or "I don't know."

Question Title

* 5. Tell us if you have a phone and how you use the Internet. You can pick more than one answer.

Question Title

* 6. Also -- for Louisiana people -- what parish do you live in?Pick the name of your parish from the dropdown list.

Question Title

* 7. Great! You just helped SLLS help the community.If you have time for one more question, pick the label that best describes your point of view in answering these survey questions.

* 1. What kinds of legal problems with family issues do you see in 2025?
Pick as many issues as you want.

* 6. Also -- for Louisiana people -- what parish do you live in?
Pick the name of your parish from the dropdown list.

* 7. Great! You just helped SLLS help the community.
If you have time for one more question, pick the label that best describes your point of view in answering these survey questions.