Get answers to your legal questions — in plain English!
Find out how to protect your family, your money, your job, and your rights
If you're like most people, you probably don't know much about your legal rights and responsibilities — until you run smack-dab into a messy legal problem. Now revised and updated, this friendly guide helps you get a handle on a wide range of everyday legal issues, decipher legal mumbo-jumbo — and come out on top.
Discover how to:
Protect your child support rights
Arm yourself against identity theft
Clean up your credit and improve your credit score
Deciphering the law can be a tricky thing, but you're not alone! Legal help (some free of charge) and information for understanding the law with things like debt, fraud, and discrimination are available through a wide variety of legal groups and government agencies.Helpful legal organizations and government agenciesIf paying your bills is becoming difficult and you want help negotiating lower monthly debt payments, contact a nonprofit credit counseling office (most are known as Consumer Credit Counseling Service) affiliated with the nonprofit National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC).
About The Author
John Ventura, JD, was a board-certified bankruptcy attorney and an authority on consumer and small business legal issues. His books include The Credit Repair Kit and The Bankruptcy Kit.
Deciphering the law can be a tricky thing, but you're not alone! Legal help (some free of charge) and information for understanding the law with things like debt, fraud, and discrimination are available through a wide variety of legal groups and government agencies.Helpful legal organizations and government agenciesIf paying your bills is becoming difficult and you want help negotiating lower monthly debt payments, contact a nonprofit credit counseling office (most are known as Consumer Credit Counseling Service) affiliated with the nonprofit National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC).