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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 seek assistance with estate planning documents. Client would like a will leaving her property to her daughter. Client would also like a living will and both financial and healthcare powers of attorney naming her daughter as her agent. A volunteer is needed to draft the documents according to client’s wishes.

Client seeks assistance with a will. Client and her nephew own the home she lives in as joint tenants with right of survivorship. Client is aware of the impact this may have on her ability to bequeath the home but wants to be prepared if she should pass second. Client would like to leave her interest in her home to […]

Communicative and warm seventy-two-year-old client seeks assistance obtaining title to her home so that she can qualify for repair assistance. Client’s father and mother, after whom she was named, owned the home as tenants by the entirety and passed in 1995 and 2011, respectively. Client’s mother left a will with a residual clause leaving the home to client and her […]

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 estate planning documents. Client would like a will leaving her home to her daughter, son, and a young man that her mother raised but never adopted in equal shares. Client would like her cousin to be the executor of her will. Client would also like her advance healthcare directive document updated. A volunteer is needed to […]

75-year-old client seeks assistance with a no-asset divorce. Client and her husband married in Elkton, Maryland in 1985 and separated in 2000. Client has husband’s current address. Client and husband have only one adult child, so custody and child support are not at issue. A volunteer is needed to file a divorce complaint, serve the husband, and send the required […]

Client seeks assistance with estate planning documents. Client would like a will leaving her home to her daughter. Client would like to name her daughter executrix of her will. Client would also like financial and medical power of attorney documents, naming her daughter as the agent. A volunteer is needed to draft the documents according to her wishes.

Hearing: April 17, 2023 at 12:45 PM Client fell behind on rent after losing her father and uncle. Landlord is suing for possession and a money judgment. Client says that she paid rent for several of the months that are allegedly due. Additionally, there are outstanding habitability issues in the apartment that Landlord has not responded to, including a broken […]

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 assistance with probating his father’s estate. Client is living in the home that is in his deceased father’s name. His father passed intestate in 2020 and left behind client, his mother, and client’s three siblings as heirs. The whole family is to convey their interest in the estate to client. VIP is assisting client with filling out the […]

Client seeks assistance with probating his grandmother’s estate so he can take title to his home. Client needs his name on the deed to apply for home improvement grant programs to make repairs on the old, family home. The deceased record owners are client’s grandparents, where grandfather pre-deceased grandmother, and grandmother died intestate. Client’s grandmother has four heirs: client’s mom […]

Responsive client seeks assistance obtaining title to her late parents’ home. Client’s parents, the deceased record owners, owned the home as tenants by the entirety. Client’s father passed in 1995, and her mother passed in October 2022. The mother left client the home in her will. Client already opened her mother’s estate and obtained Letters Testamentary. A volunteer is needed […]

71-year-old client seeks assistance with probating her husband’s estate. Client lives in a home that is currently in the name of her deceased husband and mother as tenants in common; both passed away intestate in December 2020. However, VIP is not assisting client with obtaining her Mother’s interest in the property at this time. A volunteer is needed to assist […]

Client seeks representation in the Court of Common Pleas for an arbitration hearing scheduled for July 17, 2023, at 9:15 AM. Client was sued for allegedly hitting a pedestrian in September 2020. The accident occurred when client had a green light and was driving through an intersection. Simultaneously, an SUV was making a right on red while the pedestrian was […]

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 obtaining a delayed birth certificate, so that he can apply for vital benefits like Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and home care programs. Pennsylvania has no record of client’s birth. Client has a voter ID and healthcare card and is requesting Philadelphia public school records. A volunteer is needed to file a petition to establish birth facts and […]

Client seeks assistance with estate planning documents as she deals with health issues. Client would like a will leaving her home and bank account to her five children, naming her eldest daughter as executrix. Client is also interested in a living will and financial and medical power of attorney documents, naming her eldest daughter as the agent. A volunteer is […]

Sweet seventy-three-year-old client seeks assistance obtaining title to her home so that she can qualify for repair assistance for her leaking roof. Client’s father and mother, the deceased record owners, passed in 1977 and 2009, respectively. Client’s mother left a will leaving the home to client and her two brothers. One brother passed in 2019, leaving client his interest in […]

Client seeks assistance probating her mother’s estate. Client’s mother died intestate in 2015 leaving five heirs, including Client. The other heirs have signed renunciations to allow Client to administer the estate, and are willing to convey their interest in the property to Client. VIP is assisting Client with filling out the Tangled Title Fund (TTF) application to assist with costs […]

Client seeks assistance taking title to her home. The deceased record owners are client’s mother and father, who shared title as tenants by the entirety. Mother died first, and father, who re-married died intestate. Father’s new wife is willing to sign a renunciation and give her interest in the property to client. Most other heirs are also willing to give […]

Client seeks representation for her custody hearing on August 31, 2023 at 9:00 AM before Judge Leanne Litwin, concerning her 10- and 12-year-old autistic daughters. The opposing party is the children’s godmother. In September 2021, Client learned that the children’s father was molesting her other daughter and filed a DHS complaint. She sent the children to live with relatives for […]