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Hearing: April 3, 2023 at 1:15 PM Client and her 14-year-old son are facing eviction. Client’s husband used to pay rent, but he left suddenly last year and has not provided financial assistance beyond $400/monthly in child support. Client had to stop working after facing some mental health difficulties. There are multiple maintenance issues in the apartment, and Client has […]

Client seeks assistance with a collections matter. A hearing is scheduled in the Court of Common Pleas for October 11, 2023 at 9:15am. Client is being sued by Wells Fargo for about $6500 in credit card debt. Client opened the card around 2017 and stopped paying on it when she lost her job in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

Client seeks assistance with a probate matter. Client is living in a home owned by her deceased sister, who died intestate in February 2013. Besides client, deceased record owner had six other siblings as heirs. Their mother post-deceased sister; however, mother’s estate has bene probated and client has obtained letters of administration. All six siblings have signed renunciations and agreed […]

Client seeks assistance with a collections matter. A hearing is scheduled in Municipal Court for April 3, 2023 at 10am. Client is being sued by Synchrony Bank (PayPal) for about $3200 in credit card debt and fees. Client opened the account around 2017 and stopped paying on the card about two years later as she was a college student at […]

Husband and wife urgently need help stopping an active wage garnishment for a debt that is not theirs. Clients received a letter in January 2023 from the Small Business Administration (SBA) attempting to collect on a $5000 debt for a small business loan allegedly taken out by them. Clients do not recognize this debt, as neither has owned a small […]

Client seeks representation to become the legal guardian of her 80-year-old mother. Client’s mother has Alzheimer’s and has had two strokes. She needs help with all daily tasks. Client and her siblings all care for their mother. Client would like guardianship so she can continue to make medical and financial decisions for her mother, including handling a mortgage foreclosure on […]

Client seeks assistance with probating his mother’s estate and transferring title of the home into his name. Client’s mother and father took title to the property as tenants by the entireties in July 2005. Client’s father died intestate in January 2009; his mother died intestate in October 2022. Client is their sole heir. VIP is assisting client with filling out […]

Client seeks assistance with estate planning documents. Client would like a will leaving her home to her son and daughter in equal shares. Client would like to name one of her children as the executor of her will. Client would also like a living will. A volunteer is needed to draft the documents according to Client’s wishes.

Client seeks assistance getting title to the home she has lived in for the past 22 years. In November 2000, Client and her partner at the time, used a straw buyer to assist them with purchasing the home because they did not have sufficient credit. The buyer was a friend of the couple and agreed to put the deed and […]

Client seeks assistance with a collections hearing in Municipal Court scheduled for April 4, 2023, at 10:00 am. LVNV Funding LLC is suing Client on a credit card balance of $773.90. Client opened the credit card in 2019; she does not remember the type of credit card. Client lost her job at the beginning of the pandemic and also fell […]

Client would like help with a no-asset, no-fault divorce. Client and her husband were married in the Ivory Coast in 2015 and separated in December 2020. Client’s husband agrees to the divorce. Although, Client and her husband have one 2-year-old child together, custody is not at issue in this case. Client and her husband do not own or share any […]

Client seeks representation for a debt collection hearing on April 28, 2023, at 1:15 PM in Municipal Court. Client is being sued by Synchrony Bank/PayPal for a credit card debt of a little over $3,000. Client has been seeking employment because despite severe osteoarthritis in both his knee and sciatica, he was denied Social Security Disability. Client’s only form of […]

46-year-old client seeks assistance gaining title of her home through a quiet title action based on adverse possession. Client moved into the property in 2007 and entered a year-long lease to rent the property. After the lease was up, client did not sign anything else, but continued to pay rent until 2013 with receipts to reflect this. Landlord of the […]

Client seeks assistance with estate planning documents. Client would like a will leaving her home to her three daughters in equal shares. Client would like to name one of her three daughters as executor of her will. Client would also like both financial and healthcare powers of attorney and a living will. A volunteer is needed to draft the documents […]

Sweet, seventy-nine-year-old client would like assistance with the preparation of estate planning documents. She would like a will leaving her home to one of her daughters and naming that same daughter as executor. Client would also like financial and healthcare powers of attorney appointing her daughter as her agent, in addition to a living will. A volunteer is needed to […]

In 2016, client saved his uncle’s property from sheriff’s sale, entering into a payment plan for back real estate taxes. In return, uncle agreed to give client title. Uncle owned the property as joint tenants with right of survivorship with another uncle and great aunt who are both deceased. Client tried to record the deed that uncle signed, but the […]

Client seeks assistance with a collections matter. A hearing is scheduled in Municipal Court for May 23, 2023 at 1pm. Client is being sued by Capital One for about $7,000 in credit card debt. After a diagnosis of a rare lung disease a little over a year ago, Client stopped paying on the card in order to afford her medical […]

Client needs help probating his wife’s estate and obtaining title to their home. Client’s wife has been the sole owner of the property since July 1990. Client’s wife died intestate in October 2020, leaving behind Client and their son. A volunteer is needed to assist Client with opening his wife’s estate, drafting a deed putting title in his and his […]

Client needs help obtaining title to her home, which is currently in her husband’s name. Husband passed away intestate in July of 2020, leaving behind Client and three children, all of whom are willing to transfer their interest in the property to Client. VIP is working with Client to complete a Tangled Title Fund application, which will assist with the […]

Client seeks representation for an arbitration in the Court of Common Pleas on June 2, 2023, at 9:15 am. Client is being sued by Daimler Trust, a financial services business for Mercedes-Benz, for a balance of almost $15,000. Around 2016, client took out a car lease for a Mercedes-Benz. In 2019, client fell behind on payments because he was intending […]

Client seeks representation for a custody hearing on May 23, 2023, at 3pm before the Honorable Michael Viola, regarding his 2-year-old daughter. Opposing party is the child’s mother. There is no previous custody order between the parties. In December 2022, Client was granted a temporary protection from abuse (PFA) order against Mother which evicted her from their home. Client was […]

Client seeks assistance taking title to her deceased parents’ home. Client’s father died in 2012, and her mother died in 2020. Client’s mother left a will naming Client as administrator of her estate and leaving her the home. Client has Letters Testamentary. A volunteer is needed to prepare a deed transferring title of the home to Client’s name so she […]

Client seeks assistance filing a petition to open a default judgment in a Municipal Court collections case. Client was sued by original creditor, Discover Bank, for approximately $3000 in credit card debt. Client opened the card about 10 years ago. Client has cerebral palsy, and after an accident in 2013, was no longer able to work and amassed medical and […]

Client is looking to probate his mother’s estate and take title to her home. Client’s mother has been the sole owner of the property since July 2007. She died intestate in November 2022, leaving behind Client and Client’s brother; she was unmarried at the time of her death. Client’s brother has signed a renunciation and agreed to transfer his interest […]