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Client seeks representation for a collections matter in the Court of Common Pleas. Client is being sued by Wilmington Savings Fund Society for $7,117.75 in overdraft charges plus attorney fees. Client opened the account at the end of 2021. Client, as a full-time student, was unable to make payments. Client was served with the complaint on June 21, 2022, and […]

24-year-old client seeks representation for a debt collection matter in the Court of Common Pleas; arbitration is scheduled for November 8, 2022, at 9:15am. Client is being sued by West Lake Financial Services, LLC for about $6,800. Client took out a car loan with Westlake in August 2020. The dealership helped her set up affordable payments towards her insurance, but […]

Client needs assistance with a deed transfer. The title of the house is currently in his grandmother’s name, who held it in trust for his mother. Mother died in 2015, predeceasing Grandmother, who passed away in 2021. Both died intestate. Client has letters of administration for his grandmother’s estate. A volunteer is needed to prepare and execute a deed granting […]

35-year-old client’s mother died suddenly intestate almost 10 years ago now. Clients mother was predeceased by her own mother, whom she had owned the property with as tenants in common since 1997. Client has opened his mother’s estate, and has paid inheritance taxes for both his mom’s and grandmother’s estates. A volunteer attorney is needed to help client probate his […]

Client seeks assistance with estate planning documents. Client would like a will leaving her home to her four grandchildren and naming her daughter as executor. Client would also like a financial power of attorney naming her daughter as her agent, and a healthcare power of attorney naming her son and another daughter as co-agents. A volunteer is needed to counsel […]

Client seeks assistance probating his mother’s estate and obtaining title to his home. Client currently lives in a home that is in his deceased mother’s name, who passed away intestate in January 2022. Client has three younger brothers who have all signed and notarized renunciations. There is a significant real estate tax delinquency on the property; client is working to […]

Client seeks representation for a debt collection arbitration in Court of Common Pleas on December 13, 2022, at 9:15am. Client is being sued by debt buyer Cavalry for about $9,000. Client obtained a Home Depot credit card and used it to get work done in her home. Client paid several hundred dollars monthly, but received a notice in 2018 that […]

Client seeks assistance with a deed of correction. Client has been divorced for over 20 years. The deed to her home is in her married name. A volunteer is needed to prepare a deed that reflects client’s maiden name. Client has an open wills case, VIP Case #22-0047899. Volunteers are encouraged but not required to take both cases.

Client seeks assistance with a deed transfer. Client’s ex-husband is the record owner of the home, which he acquired solely in his name in 2002. The property was Client and ex-husband’s marital home until their divorce in February 2020; Client is presently living in the property. Client’s ex-husband is willing to give his interest in the property to client. A […]

Elderly client seeks assistance with a deed transfer. Client’s grandmother and mother left property to client through a South Philly Trust deed. Mother predeceased Grandmother. Grandmother passed away in 1978. Client is the only beneficiary. A volunteer is needed to draft and execute a deed transferring title to client. Assistance with preparation of the inheritance tax return and application to […]

63-year-old client is seeking assistance with making updates to her current estate planning documents. Client would like to leave her home to two of her sons, and her sister. A volunteer is needed to draft a will and create an advance directive in accordance with client’s wishes.

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 […]

65-year-old client seeks assistance with a name change. All the men in client’s family have the same first name, so client spent his entire life going by his middle name. All of client’s identification has his middle name as his first name. Due to the discrepancy between his identification and his birth certificate, client is having difficulty accessing benefits. Client […]

Client seeks representation for an auto accident subrogation matter scheduled for December 19, 2022 at 9:15 AM in the Court of Common Pleas. Plaintiff filed the complaint on February 23, 2022, alleging that client hit their parked car and pushed it into another vehicle. Client was alone in the vehicle and is the only named defendant in the suit. Client […]

Client seeks assistance with a deed transfer. Client’s mother died in 2018 intestate. Client’s mother had three children: client and two sisters. One sister lives in Philadelphia and the other lives in Maryland. Client has opened the estate and is named administrator. Client cannot make certain improvements to the home until the deed is in her name. Clients siblings agree […]

Client seeks assistance with getting title to her lifelong family home, so that she can access city programs to complete essential roof repairs. Her father died intestate in 2021. Client is his only heir and was his primary caretaker until he passed. A Volunteer is needed to probate her father’s estate, including drafting a deed granting title to client and […]

Client would like assistance revising her will to leave her real and personal property to her son, with whom she has recently reconnected.

Client seeks assistance with a deed of confirmation, to honor her late mother’s goals for ownership of her family home. Client inherited the property with her brother and son as joint tenants with right of survivorship. Client’s brother passed in 2022. The family’s shared goal is to keep Client and her son on title to the home. A volunteer is […]

Client seeks assistance probating his wife’s estate and putting title of her home into his name. Client’s wife passed away intestate in June 2021, leaving her husband as her only heir. The home was owned solely by client’s wife. A volunteer is needed to assist client in opening his wife’s estate, including drafting a deed granting title to client and […]

Contracts – Client is a nonprofit mentorship program that prepares low-income high school students for a career and/or post-secondary education in sports management and related professional fields. Client is preparing to enter into a fiscal sponsorship with a 501(c)(3) organization, and seeks an attorney to draft and execute the agreement.

Client seeks assistance with a will. Client would like to update her current will to leave her home to be owned and lived in, not sold, by her great-great granddaughter. Client would like her niece to be named as her executor and trustee for her great-great-granddaughter if she is still a minor at the time client passes away. Client is […]

Tax – Client is an established church in West Philadelphia. Client was notified in May 2022 by the City of Philadelphia’s Office of Property Assessment that it had supposedly missed an audit in 2020 and will therefore be subject to property taxes for the 2022 calendar year. Client seeks an attorney to help file an appeal to the Board of […]

Client seeks assistance with a no-asset, no-fault divorce. Client and his wife married in Pennsylvania in 1981 and separated in August 1987. Client’s wife agrees to the divorce. Client and his wife do not have any minor children, and do not own or share any property or assets. A volunteer is needed to initiate divorce proceedings and represent Client throughout […]

Contracts – Client is an established 501(c)(3) organization that provides trauma recovery programs for women. Client is preparing to provide temporary housing for at-risk women and youth through an LLC that is owned by the nonprofit’s founder. Client is in need of counsel and advice on how to structure the relationship between the for-profit and nonprofit entity, and will need […]