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The Oregonian published an interesting AP article describing grandparent visitation law and practice around the country.
This is a complex area of law.  While everyone is welcome in the law library to research the subject and their specific question, we recommend you consult with a family law attorney in your state.
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While most government documents are in the public domain, not all of them are.  Here’s a story about some copyrighted state legal forms and the state (Montana) that sued a company that violated that copyright.  The defendants were charging someone lots of money for the forms – when state residents could have used the forms for no charge at all in their own court cases.
 
This happens in Oregon, too.  Before buying legal forms online, find out if there are any free, official Oregon legal forms available.  You can ask at the Oregon State Bar, at an Oregon county law library, or you can post the question to L-net.
 
“State Law Library of Montana Wins Legal Forms Case,” by Judy Meadows, State Law Library of Montana
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We’re beginning to compile a list of free, online, legal formatting templates.NOTE: this is NOT a list  of “fill in the blank” legal action-specific forms.  These are very simple forms templates, with field and line number formatting, that a litigant and lawyer could use to draft their own legal documents when specialized, sometimes expensive legal forms software is unavailable.

You still need to research the law!

We’ll add to this list as we learn about more options, but it’s a start:

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Find free U.S. court opinions at the FDsys website.  This is a pilot project and not yet fully populated, but take a look:
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The Oregon government documents, public, and academic library communities are discussing options for hosting this library service elsewhere in the state.
You can find other U.S. Patent & Trademark Resource Centers at the USPTO website.
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KCLL Klues, the King County (Washington) Law Library blog has this post from 10/31/11.  It has links to useful resources and sample policies, all of which may be helpful to lawyers and law firm librarians.
I posted a little while ago on the related subject of blog Comment policies on public library websites.
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Only a few people have that gift that can make people laugh and cry at the same time: Mark Twain, Molly Ivins, and others.  Sometimes I think we can include on that list California appellate court’s:
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Oregon Small Claims Court forms (including updates) are available at the OJD Uniform Trial Court Rules (UTCR) website.
Additional Oregon Small Claims Court information is available through many or possibly all of the Oregon Circuit Court websites and at county justice courts. (Note: Not all counties have Justice Courts.)
Law libraries and public libraries may have additional information on Small Claims Court, including books, articles, websites, and a recommendation that you visit the Small Claims Court where you will be filing your case so you can see what happens in Real Life.
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