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There are a variety of services available to the general public depending on our State of residence.

These companies have been known as Paralegal Services until they were required to change their names.

These companies are now typically known to the general public as Court Document Preparers or Court Forms Providers.

The State of Florida has numerous companies that prepare court documents for a variety of issues, such as Divorce, Bankruptcy, Paternity, Custody, Modification of Child Support, Name Change, Wills, Power of Attorney, Quit Claim Deeds, etc.

If you do not have the ability to remedy your situation because of the high cost fees of any attorney a Court Document Preparer can save thousands of dollars.

Such document preparers, however, frequently come under the scrutiny of various state bar organizations by overstepping the basic document preparation and engaging in what could be considered " unauthorized practice of law.

" Such document preparation is indeed cost-saving for those who truly want to represent themselves in a legal matter, but want to pay someone to create the required documents.

If problems arise in the legal case, however, the person who hired the paralegal service needs to understand that there is typically no legal liability on the part of the paralegal service and that such institutions cannot be sued for legal malpractice.

Again, the philosophy is that the person utilizing such service is representing himself or herself in all legal matters and merely hiring a document preparer.