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Young mother would like a will prepared to make sure her children are taken care of. She would like her four children to inherit the home, and has a couple of individual bequests of personal items she would like included in the will. Client has chosen her foster mother to serve as executor. Client has significant interest in the healthcare […]

Client needs assistance obtaining guardianship of his maternal aunt, who has limited communication capabilities and a decline in mental status. She cannot manage her own financial and medical decisions. Client is the closest relative to his aunt. She never married or had any children, her parents are deceased, and so are the rest of her siblings (client’s mother included). Aunt […]

Zoning (1-hour consultation): Client is an event specialist that rents out specialty items like cotton candy machines and photo booths. Business owner is expanding her venture, and recently acquired property in Strawberry Mansion, with plans to rent the space to private parties as an event venue. The property was previously a religious center and is zoned as mixed-use. Client needs […]

Lovely, responsive client would like help probating her father’s estate and obtaining title to her home. Client’s father, the deceased record owner (“DRO”) passed in July 2022, divorced and without a will. His son predeceased him, but left behind a minor son. Client and her nephew are DRO’s only surviving heirs. VIP assisted client with petition for citation for the […]

Disabled 64-year-old client seeks assistance with a quiet title action based on adverse possession. More than fifteen years ago, client found a property that was abandoned. She moved in and started making repairs. She pays utilities and she is in an Owner-Occupied Payment Agreement. VIP has done preliminary research on the deceased record owner of the property, and has identified […]

80-year-old client is looking for a volunteer to assist him with filing a response to complaint by November 1, 2023, and to represent him at an arbitration hearing on June 18, 2024, at 9:15 AM in the Court of Common Pleas on a third-party collections case. Debt buyer Cavalry is suing client over his Home Depot credit card debt totaling […]

Client needs representation at conciliation conferences in a mortgage foreclosure matter, with the next conference on November 30, 2023, at 9am. Client’s mother passed in 2009, and Client probated the estate and got title to the home in 2013. In 2014, a 40-year modification was approved under the name of the estate. In 2019, Client fell behind on the mortgage […]

Client seeks assistance probating her mother’s estate and obtaining title to her home. Client’s mother died intestate in 2009. Client is the only living heir. 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 a […]

Client, who has lived in her home for over 15 years, is ill and is interested in obtaining estate planning documents. She would like to leave her property to her daughter, who is her caretaker, and would like to learn about other advance planning documents. Client also has a mortgage satisfaction case open in our office. A volunteer is encouraged, […]

Mother of disabled daughter needs assistance probating her grandmother’s estate to take full title of the home in which she is raising her daughter. Client and her grandmother were on title together as tenants in common. Client’s grandmother died in 2000 without a will. The only other heir is Client’s mother who has already signed a renunciation and is willing […]

Gracious client, who now lives out-of-state, seeks representation in a debt collection matter. An arbitration hearing is scheduled in the Court of Common Pleas for May 10, 2024 at 9:15am. The deadline to respond to the complaint is September 13, 2023. Client is being sued by American Express for about $6000. Client stopped paying on the card after she experienced […]

Corporate Governance Issues: (1-hour consultation): Client is a holding company which owns a minimart and imports goods from Spain. Client is seeking assistance from an attorney to review its corporate governance paperwork to ensure the holding company and minimart have been formed and associated correctly. Client also has general questions about importation and any associated licensing and tax issues that […]

Kind client would like a volunteer to help her draft a will, living will, and both financial and healthcare power of attorney documents. Client would like to leave assets to her daughter, naming a different daughter as executor. Client would like to name this same daughter as her healthcare POA agent, and her son as her financial POA agent. A […]

Gracious client, who now lives out-of-state, needs a volunteer to represent her, and/or file a motion to dismiss in a collections matter. An arbitration hearing is scheduled in the Court of Common Pleas for April 29, 2024 at 9:15am. Client has not yet been served. The complaint was filed more than 30 days ago and has not been reinstated. Client […]

Patient and responsive client needs a volunteer to help her get title to her home in order to receive assistance for her real estate taxes. Client’s father died in 1993 without a will; he was survived by client and four other heirs. Two of the four heirs have signed renunciations. VIP is assisting the client with a Tangled Title Fund […]

Client would like help with a no-asset, no-fault divorce. Client and her husband were married in China in 2000 and separated in June 2021. Client’s husband likely will not agree to the divorce; however, they have lived separate and apart for more than one year, as such, his consent is not required under the statute. Although Client and her husband […]

Mother of disabled son seeks assistance taking title to the home where she cares for him. Client’s father died in 2000, and her mother died in 2021. Both died intestate, leaving Client and her three siblings as heirs. The siblings have all signed renunciations and are willing to convey their interest to Client. A volunteer is needed to probate the […]

Client is in need of representation for an arbitration hearing in the Court of Common Pleas on March 4, 2024, at 9:15 AM. Client is being sued by a debt buyer over a Citibank/Home Depot credit account with an outstanding balance of almost $9,000. Client had agreed that the credit card would use autopay for her payments, and claims she […]

Deeply grateful 93- year-old client needs a volunteer to assist her in drafting a new will. Client wants to add a few individuals on the current will. She already has financial and medical powers of attorney. A volunteer is needed to draft a will according to Client’s wishes.

Hardworking client needs a volunteer to help her take title to the only home she has known. When client was a child, she and her mother moved into the property under a rent to own agreement with the owner. The owner passed away soon after but the agreement was continued through his son. Client eventually took over payments and completed […]

Client purchased her home in 2007, has paid in full, and now needs assistance to remove the promissory note, which was recorded. She financed the home through a mortgage, but unexpected costs arose, and the grantor lent her $15,000, recording a “deed of trust” securing the debt against the property. The client paid the loan back in cash shortly after, […]

Landlord/tenant (1-hour consultation): Client is an established nonprofit with the mission of ending family homelessness through direct service and advocacy. Client offers emergency housing services to families at risk of homelessness, and prevents eviction by providing cash assistance. In August of 2019, client signed a lease agreement with one of its participants, who is now being threatened with eviction due […]