Available Cases

Torts (1-hour consultation): Client is a small, Black-owned dog grooming service in South Philadelphia. Recently, there was an incident with one of the dogs during grooming which resulted in the dog’s paw later being amputated. The dog owner is seeking compensation for the amputation, despite having signed an agreement stating that client is not responsible for accidents or injuries. Client’s […]

Organized and responsive 48-year-old client needs help transferring the title of her home, which is currently owned by her grandmother and her two sons as tenants in common. Client’s grandmother died intestate in 2021. Client is still grieving her grandmother’s loss and is eager to close out this administrative chapter in her life to focus on her health, well-being and […]

Personable client seeks assistance with a deed transfer. Client’s mother-in-law died intestate in 2015. Client’s husband died in 2018. Client is the only living heir. She has Letters of Administration for her mother-in-law and her husband. A volunteer is needed to draft a deed in client’s name.

Zoning: Client is an emerging hair salon in South Philly solely owned by a woman of color, who has title to a vacant building. A hair salon used to operate from this space, but it has since closed, and the building is now zoned as RS1. Client has approached its city council person, and was told that the city council […]

Friendly client would like title to his home of 14 years through a quiet title action based on adverse possession. Client entered a month-to-month lease agreement in November of 2008. Around the beginning of 2011, deceased landlord’s attorney reached out to client to offer client to buy the house from landlord’s estate. Client could not afford to buy the house […]

Eager client is seeking assistance with probating her grandmother’s estate and obtaining title to her home so that she can continue working on necessary repairs to keep the home safe and habitable. Client’s grandmother died intestate more than a decade ago, leaving client’s mother as her only heir to her property. Client’s mother is ready to give client her interest […]

Client needs a volunteer to help him negotiate a debt collections matter. A hearing is scheduled in Municipal Court on October 10, 2023 at 1:15pm. Client is being sued by Discover for about $8500 in credit card debt and fees. Client fell behind on his bills due to financial hardship in Spring 2022 and stopped paying on the card. His […]

Surviving husband would like a volunteer to help him obtain title to his home. His late wife, who held title alone, recently passed in February without a will. The couple did not have any children, leaving client as her only heir. Client will be the only one on title and intends to eventually leave the home by will to his […]

Sweet and organized client needs assistance with probating her mother’s estate, so that she can transfer title of her family’s home into her name and apply to government programs to update the home. The deceased record owners are client’s parents. Client’s father passed intestate in 1992, and client’s mother passed intestate in 1994. Client is the only living heir. Client […]

Attentive client seeks assistance with preparation of a will that leaves his home to his 16-year-old daughter, who is currently living in the home with him. Client is contemplating who to appoint as trustee in the event he passes away while daughter is still a minor, potentially one of his older children. A volunteer is needed to counsel the client […]

Lovely and attentive 38-year-old client wants to get title to her late father’s house. Client’s father held sole title to the property and died intestate in 2021, leaving behind client and her brother as the only heirs. Client’s brother is willing to give up interest in the property. Client has been living in the property since her father’s death and […]

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 […]

Friendly and excited 44-year-old client wants to write a will and open to creating medical and financial powers of attorney. Client recently purchased a home and would like to add her daughter to her will as beneficiary along with a trustee. Client is looking for a volunteer to assist her in writing a will and to further discuss creating financial […]

85-year-old client seeks assistance with creating a will and healthcare advance directive. Client would like to name her daughter as the agent under healthcare power of attorney and the beneficiary of her home in the will. A volunteer is needed to draft documents in accordance with client’s wishes.

69-year-old mother and lifelong Philadelphia resident seeks assistance creating estate planning documents. Client would like to create a will leaving her home to her son, and powers of attorney naming him as the sole agent. A volunteer is needed to draft documents in accordance with client’s wishes.

Client needs a volunteer to defend him at an arbitration hearing in the Court of Common Pleas on December 21, 2023 at 9:15am. A response to the complaint is due on July 6, 2023. In 2020, Client opened an American Express business card to support the business he started. He paid on it for about a year but then his […]

Recently paralyzed client seeks assistance preparing a will and advanced healthcare directives. Client, who lived in her home for 19 years prior to her paralysis, is temporarily living with her oldest daughter. Client wishes to leave her home to her youngest daughter, who is currently living there, and have her other financial assets divided equally between all three of her […]

Proactive client needs help gaining title to her family home. The home is currently co-owned by her husband and mother-in-law, as joint tenants with right of survivorship. Client’s mother-in-law predeceased Client’s husband, who passed away in 2020, leaving Client as his sole intestate heir. VIP helped Client fill out a Tangled Title Fund application to assist with probate costs. A […]

44-year-old caretaker, sister, and daughter is looking for assistance probating the estate of her mother. In December 2021, client’s mother, the record owner of client’s home, died intestate. Client and her brother started the probate process but, unfortunately, he died intestate in February of 2022. Client is now caring for two of her brother’s children, who live with her in […]

Extremely organized client seeks help with becoming the legal guardian of her 19-year-old son. Her son was born with hydrocephaly and has a shunt in his brain, which would require surgery to remove or replace. Son is non-verbal and has a severe developmental disability, and cannot advocate for himself. Client would like to be able to make medical decisions on […]

Warm and grateful client seeks assistance probating her mother’s estate and transferring title of the home she currently lives in from her mother’s name to hers. Mother, the deceased record owner, died in February 2021, leaving behind five children as heirs, including client. All four siblings signed renunciations to allow client to open the estate. However, only two of the […]

Twenty-nine-year-old client needs help obtaining guardianship of her cousin (AIP), who has Down’s Syndrome and an intellectual disability. He is unable to speak, read, write, or sign. Client has been caring for AIP since before his mother passed away in February 2023, and continues to do so. AIP does not have any known siblings and his parents are both deceased. […]

Client seeks assistance probating her mother’s estate. Client’s mother died intestate in 2012. Client’s sibling is the only other heir, and has signed the necessary renunciation. VIP is assisting Client with filling out the Tangled Title Fund (TTF) application to assist with costs associated with the process. A volunteer is needed to assist Client with opening her mother’s estate, drafting […]

Kind client requests assistance with probating his cousin’s estate and transferring title of his home into his name. Client’s maternal second cousin purchased the property with her husband as tenants by the entireties in 1955. Client’s cousin passed away in 2000; her husband had predeceased her in 1979. They did not have any children. Client’s mother is the cousin’s sole […]