DISCLAIMER:
The following are provided for informational purposes only. ACFLS does not endorse any of the following sites, nor the site sponsors/providers, nor any other websites, and no warranties, express or implied, are made regarding the accuracy of any information or data provided at these locations.
Miscellaneous Resources
http://www.abanet.org/family
This is the ABA Family Law Section site which includes model Standards of Practice, abstracts from the Family Law Quarterly, discussion groups, and other interesting links.
http://www.martindale.com/locator/home.html
The Martindale Hubbell directory online. Especially useful when searching out of state for family law practitioners.
http://babelfish.altavista.com
A fun and useful site to translate phrases or sentences between English and French, German, Italian, Russian, etc. Try out this Italian plea next time you’re in court: Il mio cliente non può vivere sul quel, il vostro honor.
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
The Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus online. Handy when the book is not within reach.
http://maps.expedia.com
http://www.Mapquest.com
Just what it sounds like - a good source of local and international maps, mileage between places, etc.
http://finance.yahoo.com/?u
Yahoo stock quotes and finance. An easy site to look up the current price of that stock in your client’s portfolio. Plus historical charts, consensus analysis and more.
http://www.newsengin.com/neFreeTools.nsf/CPIcalc
A very nice, easy to use cost of living calculator, pegged to the CPI
http://www.bls.gov/ro9/
The Bureau of Labor Statistics site, where you can get all the cost of living data direct from the source. More cumbersome than the above calculator, but perhaps in a better form for presentation to the court.
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/
California Courts Home Page