Domestic Violence Services

All Idaho Legal Aid Services' (ILAS) offices provide the following kinds of help to victims of domestic violence:

  • protection orders
  • divorce
  • custody and/or visitation
  • spousal and child support

In order to be eligible, you must be the following:

  • victim of domestic violence
  • referred by domestic violence shelter
  • a low-income household
  • without a lawyer

Contact your local ILAS office for more information.

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    Emergency Help for Domestic Violence

    Emergency Help

    If you or someone you know is being abused, get help as soon as possible. You can find the following kinds of help:

    Legal Help

    Call the ILAS domestic violence hotline

    208-746-7541
               

    Staffed Monday-Friday 10:00 am to 12:30 pm and 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm Mountain Time (9:00 am to 11:30 am and 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm Pacific Time) by a legal aid attorney who can provide immediate free legal advice with civil problems involving domestic violence.

    Translation services can be made available for Spanish speaking callers

    Areas of legal advice include, but are not limited to:

    • Cases to obtain, modify, or enforce civil protection orders
    • Divorce-related separations
    • Spousal and child support
    • Child custody and/or visitation

    To find more information about Idaho laws and ways to help yourself:

    • Contact your local Court Assistance Office (CAO). There are many forms, instructions, and/or videos that you can use as a legal resource.
    • Go to the CAO website to download forms, instructions, and/or videos. 

     http://www.courtselfhelp.idaho.gov/

    To find a pro bono attorney:

    • Call the Idaho Volunteer Lawyers Program
                  (208) 334-4510
                          -or-
                  1-800-221-3295
    • Write the Idaho Volunteer Lawyers Program
                  IVLP
                  P.O. Box 895
                  Boise, ID 83701-0895

    To find a private attorney:

    • Call the Idaho State Bar Lawyer Referral Service
                  (208) 334-4500

    If you have any questions about a lawyer, call the Idaho State Bar, (208) 334-4500

    Domestic Violence 24-hour Hotlines and Shelters 

    Idaho Crisis Lines

    National Domestic Violence Hotline: https://www.thehotline.org/
    1(800) 799−7233 or TTY 1(800)787−3224

    Rose Advocates: https://www.roseadvocates.org/
    24 hour Crisis Hotline: (208) 414-0740

    Idaho Domestic Violence Shelters

    Search for domestic violence shelters and other assistance. Proviced by the Idaho Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence.

    Search for domestic violence shelters and other assistance

     

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