Available Cases

Contracts: Client is a community development corporation in North Philadelphia. Client has also recently become a registered community organization in light of growing development and zoning concerns in the neighborhood. Client is seeking assistance with creating a community benefits agreement with a developer of a particular property within client’s boundaries. Client is in the midst of zoning variance discussions with […]

Client needs help getting title to the home in which he has lived for 15 years to qualify for grants to make needed repairs. The record owners of the property are client’s cousin and her husband, who owned as joint tenants with rights of survivorship. Cousin’s husband died in 1988, and client’s cousin became the sole record owner. Cousin then […]

Client is 88-years-old and has been living in her home for many years. Client’s mother, the record owner of the home, bought the property in 1978 and passed away in 2003 testate. She left her home to client and two of client’s siblings, although there were five siblings total. However, client’s brother who was named executor passed away in 2015 […]

Client seeks assistance obtaining guardianship of her 86-year-old mother. Client’s mother has severe dementia and cannot make decisions for herself. Client wants to continue making medical and financial decisions for her mother, and a doctor is willing to complete an expert report. Guardianship is not expected to be contested.

Client needs title to her home to repair a leaking plumbing system. Client is living in a property owned by her deceased parents as tenants by the entirety. Client’s father died in 1981, and client’s mother died testate in 2010. In her will, client’s mother appointed client executor and left the entirety of her estate to be divided equally between […]

Client cared for his adoptive mother in the years leading to her death and he now needs title to the home where he and his son live. The property is in the name of client’s deceased mother. Client is his mother’s only heir. Mother was receiving Medical Assistance at the time of her death. A volunteer is needed to help […]

A 68-year-old client seeks assistance with a will and powers of attorney. Client wants a will to give her home and personal property to her partner and wants a healthcare power of attorney that designates her son as her medical representative in the event she is incapacitated. Client needs counseling on a financial power of attorney, as she wants her […]

Client seeks title to the home he has been living in for over a decade in order to obtain grants for repairs. Client’s mother, the record owner, died testate in 2008. Client and his daughter are the named beneficiaries of the estate. Client’s daughter was granted letters testamentary, but refuses to fulfill her duties and transfer title to client. Client […]

Client, who is living in a property owned by her deceased mother, needs to get title to her home. Mother died intestate in 2014. Client and her two siblings are the only heirs. Both siblings have signed and furnished renunciations electing client to administer their mother’s estate. Both are willing to sign over their interest in the property to client. […]

Client seeks assistance drafting a will that leaves his home and personal property to animal charities. Client does not want a family member named as executor of his estate, so he seeks advice determining who to name as the executor. Client also seeks advice on what other estate planning documents, if any, he should obtain. A volunteer is needed to […]

Client seeks assistance with a probate matter. The record owner is client’s mother, who passed away in 2014. Client and her three surviving siblings are the only heirs. All three siblings are willing to give their interest in the property to client. Client may need additional counseling regarding the assumption of debt attached to the house when she receives title. […]

Client needs a volunteer attorney for an adverse possession claim. Client needs title to qualify for repair grants and to enter into a payment agreement for delinquent water bills. Client has been living in the home of a family friend, who died intestate in 1998. Client has been living in the property continuously since the day deceased record owner (DRO) […]

Client is living in a property owned by her deceased mother. Client’s mother died intestate in July 2018. Mother was unmarried and had three children including client. Client’s two siblings have signed renunciations electing client personal representative of their mother’s estate. Client’s mother was receiving Medical Assistance at her time of death and client has received a statement of claim […]

Client is living in a property of which she transferred title to her two children in 2011. Client had tried to get a will, but the lawyer fell out of touch, so she decided to do a deed transfer to ensure her children would end up with title. However, she was unaware of the consequences, and she now receives bills […]

A 75-year-old client seeks assistance with a will and healthcare power of attorney. Client would like to leave her real and personal property to her daughter, nephew, and grandson, but seeks counsel on the best way to include all three. She would also like a healthcare power of attorney that designates her daughter as her agent in the event she […]

Client seeks title to his family home in order to qualify for home repair grants. Client’s mother, the record owner, died intestate in 2018. Client and his sister are the only heirs. Client’s sister has signed and furnished a renunciation electing client to be the personal representative of his mother’s estate. A volunteer is needed to help probate client’s mother’s […]

Client seeks title to the property where she has lived for over 25 years. Client entered into a written lease-purchase contract with a real estate company in July 1993. The real estate company claimed it was acting as an agent for the record owner, who died in 1999; however, no proof of this relationship can be found. Client completed the […]

A 72-year-old client seeks assistance with obtaining title to the home she has lived in continuously for 20 years. The home is owned by client’s close friend, who passed away intestate in August 2000. The deceased record owner (DRO) died intestate and without ascertainable heirs. Because the DRO had no intestate heirs, the property escheated to the Commonwealth after her […]

Client, who has owned her home for 23 years, needs to remove a mortgage from her property. Client purchased the property outright from her father in 1996. Client’s father took out a Bank of America mortgage for $18,000 two years later in 1998, securing client’s property as collateral, despite him no longer being an owner. Client’s father died in 2018 […]

Client seeks assistance obtaining guardianship over her 28-year-old daughter to be able to make the medical and financial decisions her daughter is unable to make for herself. Client’s daughter has an intellectual disability and is non-verbal, and recently, the client was informed she had to obtain guardianship in order to renew their passports. The client has already paid a $170 […]

An 83-year-old client needs title to her home returned following a fraudulent deed transfer, which ousted her granddaughter and greatgrandchildren. In 2018, client’s grandson offered to help client sell her home. Her grandson took her to a notary, but she was not the notary’s presence when she signed the document Client’s grandson then asked her to endorse two checks for […]

Client needs title to her first home after years of struggling with homelessness. Client is living in property owned by deceased record owner with whom she had a very close relationship. Record owner died testate in 2017, devising the property to his siblings, naming non-relatives as executrix and alternative executrix, and naming client in the residuary clause. Client purchased the […]

Divorce With Economic Relief : A survivor of domestic abuse needs representation in a divorce. Client and her husband were married in December 2016 and separated in July 2018. Client is not interested in making any claim to husband’s assets, but she would like to obtain alimony pendente lite. Client’s primary goal is moving on with her life. She owns […]

Employment: Client is a for-profit after-school program that also provides tutoring, workshops, and summer programming for students in Philadelphia and Delaware County. Client seeks assistance with revising its employee handbook and drafting an agreement for parents.