Available Cases

Client seeks assistance with a probate matter. The deceased record owner of client’s home is his mother, who died testate in October 2016. Client was gifted the property he lives in by his mother in her will, but client’s sister was appointed executrix and is willing to serve as the administrator of her mother’s estate. VIP is assisting client with […]

Client seeks assistance with estate planning documents. Client would like a will leaving her home and the adjacent side lot to her daughter, and naming her daughter as executrix. Client is also interested in a living will and financial and medical power of attorney documents, naming her daughter as the agent. A volunteer is needed to counsel Client and draft […]

Tax- Client is an established nonprofit that provides after-school enrichment and music industry specific education to Philadelphia youth in 5th to 12th grade. Client offers students an opportunity to explore a positive creative outlet and develop skills needed to pursue a career in music production and distribution. Client ceased operations due to COVID-19, and lost tax-exempt status as a result. […]

77-year-old client seeks assistance with estate planning documents. Client would like a will leaving her home to her son and naming him as executor. Client would also like financial and healthcare powers of attorney and a living will. Client would strongly prefer to meet in person. A volunteer is needed to meet with client, draft documents in accordance with her […]

Client seeks assistance with obtaining title to his home of 18 years. The record owner is Client’s mother, who died intestate in October 2021, leaving Client as her sole heir. VIP is assisting Client with filling out a Tangled Title Fund (TTF) application to assist with probate costs. A volunteer is needed to probate Mother’s estate and draft a deed […]

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 with a no-asset, no-fault divorce. Client and her husband were married in Pennsylvania in 2018 and separated in March 2020. Client’s husband agrees to the divorce. Client and her husband have one 7-year-old child together; custody is not at issue in this case. Client and her husband do not own or share any property or assets. A […]

Client seeks assistance changing her 16-year-old son’s last name. Son currently shares Client’s last name; she would like to amend his birth certificate so he has both his father and mother’s last names. Client went to Delaware (DE) where her son was born and began the name change process. However, DE vital records would not accept the court documents without […]

Client seeks assistance with a quiet title action based on adverse possession. More than fifteen years ago, Client noticed a home on his street was abandoned and in disrepair, and decided to fix up the home and move in. Client has continued to live in the home since that time. Client has documentation of the money he has spent repairing […]

Client seeks assistance taking title to her deceased grandparents’ home. Client’s grandfather died in 1996, and her grandmother died in 2021. Client’s grandmother left a will leaving the home to Client. Client probated her grandmother’s estate shortly after her death and has Letters Testamentary. A volunteer is needed to prepare a deed transferring title of the home to Client’s name.

Landlord/Tenant- Client is a family-owned corner store that began renting commercial space in South Philadelphia in March 2022. The landlord and client made an informal agreement, where client would essentially serve as property manager for the boarding house in the upstairs unit in exchange for reduced commercial rent. Just a few months later, L&I condemned the building after many failed […]

Client seeks assistance probating his mother’s estate. Client’s mother died testate in 2007. The will left the home to Client and his sister. Client’s sister is willing to convey her interest in the property to Client. VIP is assisting Client with filling out the Tangled Title Fund (TTF) application to assist with costs associated with the process. A volunteer is […]

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 […]

Client needs help with a no-asset divorce. Client and his wife married in Philadelphia in 2006 and separated in 2020. They continued living together until May 2022, but were not together romantically. Wife moved to Waco, Texas in August 2022. They do not share any assets or children. A volunteer is needed to initiate divorce proceedings and represent Client throughout […]

67-year-old disabled client seeks assistance with a no-asset divorce. Client and his wife married in Newport News, Virginia in April 1997 and separated in April 2000. Client’s wife has moved several times after separating from client. As a result, client does not have wife’s current address, but VIP has narrowed it down to two possible addresses. Client and his wife […]

Client seeks assistance changing his last name. When Client was 60-years-old, he learned that the last name he has always used is not the last name on his birth certificate. Client has been unable to get his photo ID renewed as the name on his previous IDs and birth certificate do not match. A volunteer is needed to file a […]

Client seeks representation in an auto accident case scheduled for trial on June 5, 2023, in the Court of Common Pleas. Client is being sued for allegedly hitting the car that the plaintiff was a passenger in through Lyft, a ride-hailing service. Client was pulling out of a parking spot when the Lyft driver, who had a red light, turned […]

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 adopting his six-year-old stepdaughter. Client has lived with his wife and child for over a year. Client’s wife is in contact with the child’s biological father, who will consent to the adoption. This case was initiated by another volunteer, who unexpectedly is no longer able to continue on in the matter. The case requires that Client’s wife […]

Client seeks assistance with estate planning documents. Client would like a will leaving his home to his two children and naming one of them as executor. Client is also interested in a living will and financial and medical powers of attorney with one of his children as the agent. A volunteer is needed to counsel Client so documents can be […]

Client seeks representation for a debt collection hearing on April 28, 2023, at 9:15 AM in Municipal Court. Portfolio Recovery Agency is suing client over a WebBank credit debt for almost $3,000. Client had a tumultuous several years, getting hurt before COVID, which forced her out of work, separating from her abusive husband, and having emergency surgery. She is currently […]

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 an arbitration hearing in the Court of Common Pleas scheduled for October 23, 2023, at 9:15 am. A response to the complaint is due by March 30, 2023. Client is being sued by Drexel University for about $22,200 in tuition. Client had to withdraw from school to care for her mother after she got sick and […]

Client seeks representation to become the legal guardian of her 51-year-old disabled daughter. Client’s daughter requires care with all daily tasks. Client would like guardianship to continue to make medical and financial decisions on her daughter’s behalf just as she always has. The expert report has already been filled out and notarized. A volunteer is needed to file a petition […]