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67- year-old client seeks assistance creating a will in accordance with her wishes. Client is seeking to leave her home to her son and daughter to take care of for the family. Client was not interested in other estate planning documents, just a way to make sure her house stays in the family. Client speaks Laotian; but interpretation services are […]

Client seeks assistance obtaining a guardianship of his 18-year-old son. Client’s son is quadriplegic, has respiratory failure, unable to walk, and has had multiple epileptic seizures. Client wishes to make medical and financial decisions on his behalf. The guardianship is not expected to be contested. The expert report has been completed by the doctor. A volunteer is needed to file […]

69-year-old client seeks assistance with estate planning documents. Client would like a will leaving her home in four equal parts to her family members. Client would like each of her three adult children to receive one fourth interest in the property, and the remaining fourth to go to her three adult grandchildren. Client would like her adult daughter to be […]

Client seeks assistance probating the estate of his father and obtaining title to his childhood home, which is currently in the name of his parents. Client’s father died intestate in January 2017, and his mother predeceased him in November 2013. Client is unfortunately the only remaining heir to the record owner, with both of his siblings also being deceased. An […]

Client seeks assistance with estate planning documents. Client would like a will leaving his home to his granddaughter and naming her as executor of his estate. Client would also like both financial and healthcare powers of attorney and a living will. A volunteer is needed to draft these documents according to client’s wishes and assist him in executing the documents. […]

Client seeks assistance with probating his mother’s estate and obtaining title to his home. The property is currently titled in the name of Client’s mother, who died testate in 1995. Client is the sole heir under his mother’s will and was named executor. VIP is assisting client with filling out the Tangled Title Fund (TTF) application to assist with probate […]

Client eagerly seeks a birth certificate from New York City. Client originally received a certificate of no record from the NYC Office of Vital Records. Therefore, VIP assisted him in filing a petition to establish birth facts to get a delayed birth certificate. However, in requesting the delayed birth certificate, NYC has now clarified that he does have a birth […]

Client seeks assistance with a deed of confirmation, to honor her late mother’s goals for ownership of her family home. Client inherited the property with her brother and son as joint tenants with right of survivorship. Client’s brother passed in 2022. The family’s shared goal is to keep Client and her son on title to the home. A volunteer is […]

Client seeks assistance obtaining a name change. Client’s middle name is associated with a relationship she wants to distance herself from. Client seeks to change that name on her birth certificate. A volunteer is needed to file a name change petition for client and assist her through the process of amending her birth certificate.

Client seeks assistance with estate planning documents. Client would like both a financial and healthcare power attorney, as well as a living will. Client is looking for advice about which of her children should be named as her agent. A volunteer is needed to draft these documents in accordance with client’s wishes and assist her to properly execute them.

Client desperately needs assistance with probating her mother’s estate so she can pay off a mortgage in foreclosure. Client’s father and mother owned the property. Client’s father died in January 2019, and her mother died intestate in October 2019. Client’s mother had two children, client and client’s sister, who are the only heirs to the property. And sister is currently […]

Client seeks assistance with estate planning documents. Client would like a will leaving her home to be shared between her sister and brother. Client’s sister has special needs and client would like to ensure her sister receives her portion of the proceeds should the home be sold. Client would also like financial and medical powers of attorney. A volunteer is […]

Client seeks assistance with estate planning documents. Client would like a will leaving her home to her son and daughter in equal shares. Client is the sole record owner of her home. Client would like her son, who will turn 18 in January 2023, to be the executor of her will. Client would also like both financial and healthcare powers […]

Client seeks assistance with a probate matter. Client’s mother, the record owner of the home, bought the property in October 2018 but unexpectedly passed away intestate in July 2019. The only other heir is client’s sister who has agreed to transfer her interest in the property to client. Client’s sister has signed and notarized a renunciation. An attorney is needed […]

Client seeks representation at her custody hearing on December 6, 2022 at 1:00 PM regarding her six-year-old daughter. Opposing party is the child’s father. There is no previous custody order. Client filed a petition for primary physical and sole legal custody in March 2022. Child lives with Father’s sister. Client alleges that Father and his family are keeping the child […]

62-year-old client with medical issues is seeking assistance creating estate planning documents. Client would like to create a will, as well as both a healthcare and financial power of attorney. Client owns her house with her estranged husband as tenants in common. She hasn’t spoken with him in many years, and would like to will her interest in the property […]

Client seeks assistance with estate planning documents. Client would like a will leaving her home to her 12-year-old granddaughter. Client has agreed to have her daughter, who will also be the executrix, be the trustee for the home until client’s granddaughter turns 18. Client is also interested in an advance directive but would like to discuss further with an attorney. […]

Client seeks representation for a custody hearing scheduled for January 10, 2023 at 1:00 pm before Judge Palmer, regarding her four-year-old son. Opposing party is the child’s father. An April 2022 interim order granted Client and father shared physical and legal custody. Client alleges that Father is disabled and cannot work to provide for their son. Client also alleges that […]

Client seeks representation for a debt collection arbitration in Court of Common Pleas on December 13, 2022, at 9:15am. Client is being sued by debt buyer Cavalry for about $9,000. Client obtained a Home Depot credit card and used it to get work done in her home. Client paid several hundred dollars monthly, but received a notice in 2018 that […]

Client seeks assistance with a no-asset, no-fault divorce. Client and her husband married in Pennsylvania in 1981 and separated in April 1991. Client’s husband agrees to the divorce. Client and her husband do not have any minor children, and do not own or share any property or assets. A volunteer is needed to initiate divorce proceedings and represent Client throughout […]

Client seeks assistance with estate planning documents. Client would like a will by which she would like to sell her home and have the proceeds split between multiple members of her family at different percentages. One family member is under 18 years of age and client would like a trust created for them to receive their percentage when they reach […]

Client seeks assistance with a license reinstatement so that he can secure employment. Client’s license was suspended as a result of an unpaid judgment from an auto accident that occurred about 7 years ago. A volunteer is needed to counsel and assist client to fulfill the requirements necessary to restore his driving privileges.

Client is looking to get title to the home she has raised her children in, saved from tax foreclosure, and taken care all of the expenses of for almost 30 years. The property is in the name of her ex-husband, who she divorced in 2009 and does not know exactly where he is. A private investigator has tracked down a […]

Client seeks representation at her first conciliation conference in a mortgage foreclosure action in Court of Common Pleas on October 6, 2022, at 9:00 am. Client lives in a home that is currently in the name of her deceased grandmother. Client lives in the home with her three adult sisters and their four young children. Client has been attempting to […]