Q: I am a low income mom looking for a divorce lawyer that will help me for free. Thank you
A:
Unfortunately the availability of free or low income legal services in Oregon are scarce. You can call Legal Aid (LASO) but they only take a certain type of cases so they are very limited. https://oregonlawhelp.org//resource/oregon-legal-aid-offices
The Oregon State Bar offers Lawyer Referral that gets you one cheap meeting ( about $35.00) but after that you will be asked to pay the lawyer's hourly rate and the lawyers participating in the program are often new lawyers looking to build their practice so they may not have a lot of experience. https://www.osbar.org/public/ris/
There is the modest means program where the Oregon State Bar matches you with a lawyer who has volunteered to take cases at a low rate, but this is hit or miss depending on who volunteers. https://www.osbar.org/public/ris/index.html#mm
The best bet is St. Andrew's Legal Services who will charge you, but on an income based sliding scale. https://www.salcgroup.org/
To be perfectly honest with you if your situation involves assets and your spouse might end up paying you spousal support, you might be able to afford and attorney and you should look for an experienced family law Attorney who is willing to work with you.
If your marriage is such that there really aren't any assets involved and probably no alimony, then you might want to investigate using the on line divorce forms, but pay for an Attorney to review the forms and give you some overall advice before you file the forms. https://www.courts.oregon.gov/forms/Pages/default.aspx
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