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Elderly client needs help with a name change in order to get photo identification. Client was issued a birth certificate from Georgia, but the certificate is incorrect and only lists her middle and last names. She has been using a different first name, including on her social security card, for the past 88 years of her life. A volunteer is […]

Client needs a volunteer to probate the estate of her deceased grandfather and transfer title of a home into the name of client and her son. Client is struggling to establish ownership of her family home so that she can have utilities turned on in her name. The record owner of the home is client’s deceased grandmother who died in […]

A domestic abuse survivor faces a custody master’s conference originally scheduled for April 1, 2020 with Master Daniel Alvarez. This date, however, will be rescheduled due to recent court closures. The current order provides shared legal custody and grants the client primary physical custody. The child’s father, who is the opposing party in this case, has frequent partial custody. The […]

Client lives in the home of her daughter’s paternal grandmother, who is willing to convey the property to client. A volunteer is needed to assist client with a deed transfer, including drafting a new deed giving title to client and applying to the Tangled Title Fund to pay for transfer taxes. Notary services are available upon request. Client has an […]

Client has an upcoming custody hearing regarding her eight-year-old daughter. This case was scheduled for April 16, 2020, at 9:00 am, but will be rescheduled due to court closures. The opposing party is the child’s father. The current custody order gives client primary physical custody, and the parties share legal custody. The father takes care of the child every Wednesday-Thursday, […]

Client seeks assistance with a custody hearing, regarding her 1-year-old son, which was initially scheduled for April 21, 2020, at 1:30 pm, before Judge Deborah Cianfrani, but will be rescheduled due to recent court closures. At a February 2020 hearing, client and the child’s father entered into a temporary custody agreement in which the parties have shared legal custody and […]

An 83-year-old client seeks assistance probating the home of her deceased mother in order to make necessary repairs the home needs. Client’s mother, who died intestate in 1979, owned the home as tenants by the entirety with client’s father, who died intestate in 1969. The deceased record owners had four children, two of whom are deceased. Client’s surviving brother is […]

Client is being sued by debt buyer, LVNV Funding LLC, for $3,068.31, which includes interest and fees. A hearing was scheduled for April 27, 2020; however, it will be rescheduled. The underlying debt is from a store credit card that was charged off in 2017. Client does not dispute the debt, but she cannot afford to enter into a payment […]

Client seeks assistance at an eviction hearing scheduled for July 30, 2020, at 12:45pm in Municipal Court – Room 3. Client has lived in the property since May 2018 but fell behind on rent in July 2019. Client tried to pay the amount she owed with two money orders in August 2019but property management claimed to have never received the […]

Divorce with Equitable Distribution: A survivor of domestic abuse seeks assistance with a divorce. Client and her husband married in China in 1985 and separated in 2018 after husband choked client. Husband was later convicted of simple assault. Client explains that she suffered abuse for many years in China, but felt she would have more recourse here and finally called […]

Client seeks title to her long-time family home to get repairs for the roof. The record owners of the property are client’s deceased father and mother, who died in 1990 and 2013, respectively. Client’s mother has eleven surviving heirs: six children and five grandchildren, including client. Seven heirs have already signed renunciations allowing client to administer her mother’s estate. Client […]

Client seeks assistance with a will that leaves her home to her son. She would also like to create a living will and a power of attorney with her daughter as the agent. Client is Spanish-speaking; interpretation and translation services will be provided upon request. Notary services will be available upon request once social distancing requirements are lifted.

Client has an upcoming custody hearing regarding her young son. A hearing was scheduled for April 22, 2020, but will be rescheduled due to court closures. The opposing party is the child’s father. Client and the father are married, but have been separated since 2017. Client was severely abused during her relationship with her son’s father. Father filed for partial […]

Client, a victim of domestic abuse, seeks representation for a custody hearing concerning her 9-year-old daughter. A hearing on client’s complaint for custody was scheduled for May 28, 2020 at 9 am before Judge Ourania Papademetriou, but it will be rescheduled due to recent court closures. Client and the opposing party were a same-sex couple when the opposing party gave […]

Client seeks assistance obtaining title to her childhood home in which she continues to reside. The property was owned by her deceased aunt. In December 2019, aunt died intestate leaving twelve heirs, including client. Client is unable to locate one heir, and another heir is unresponsive. The remaining nine heirs wish to transfer their interests in the title to client. […]

Client and her sister reside in the home of their now-deceased parents. The record owner is client’s father, who died on June 19, 2009. Client’s mother died on September 1, 2015; both parents died intestate. Client and her sister would like to obtain and share title to the home in order to receive financial assistance for needed repairs. The home […]

Client has an upcoming custody hearing regarding her two young children. This case was scheduled for May 21, 2020, at 9:00 am before Judge Deborah Cianfrani, but will be rescheduled due to court closures. The opposing party is the children’s father. The current custody order gives client primary physical custody, and the parties share legal custody. Client would like to […]

Client seeks assistance with drafting and executing a will that names her spouse her executrix and primary beneficiary. Client and her husband would like their nephews and grand-niece to inherit all remaining assets after both pass on. Clients believes that they will want most of their assets and personal belongings to be sold and the assets distributed. They plan to […]

Client seeks title to his home of 15 years in order to qualify for repair grants. The record owners of the property are client’s grandfather and grandfather’s girlfriend as joint tenants with right of survivorship. In 2003, grandfather’s girlfriend died, leaving grandfather as the sole legal owner of the property. Grandfather died intestate in 2004, leaving his legal wife, from […]

An elderly client, seeks representation for an expedited custody hearing, and the underlying custody case, concerning his five-month-old daughter. Client believes the child’s mother endangers her. There is no current custody order in place. The mother has been withholding the child from client for two months, and before that she had frequently threatened client during visits. When the child was […]

85-year-old client needs help with a probate matter. Client is living in a property owned jointly by her deceased husband and one of her sons. The other heirs to the property are client’s two other children, and all three kids agree to give title to client. A volunteer is needed to probate the client’s husband’s estate, including drafting a deed […]

Client needs representation for a custody matter before Custody Master Jacqueline Vergara concerning his teenage son. This custody master’s conference was initially scheduled for March 26, 2020 at 2 pm, but it will be rescheduled due to recent court closures. Client seeks sole legal and sole physical custody of his 13-year-old son. The child’s mother, who is the opposing party […]

Divorce With Equitable Distribution: A survivor of domestic abuse needs representation for a divorce. Client and the opposing party, her husband, were married in February 2018 and separated in November of the same year. The opposing party lives in Nigeria. Client has an address for him and believes he will sign an acceptance of service form. Marital assets include only […]

Client seeks assistance with recovering his tax refund. In February 2017, client made a typographical error when filing his taxes and accidentally sent his tax refund of $4,919 to someone else’s account. Client attempted to work with the IRS and the bank at issue, American Heritage Credit Union, to reclaim the tax refund, but he has been unsuccessful. A volunteer […]