For applicants: We assess suitability, provide timely legal advice, information or recommendations to other organizations and, if necessary, refer applicants to a pro bono lawyer for other legal services – civil only. NOTE: YOU MUST RESIDE IN LAKE, PORTER, JASPER OR NEWTON COUNTIES of Indiana. If not, please seek help from legal aid or the pro bono project that serves the county where you live. If your case is located in our area, you can send us a reference. Through our low-income LGBT project, including our LGBT Victim Support Project, we provide legal assistance to low-income LGBT people in Indiana. Indiana Free Legal Answers is a secure website where those who meet income requirements can ask a lawyer for help with a legal problem. Qualified users ask questions about civil (non-criminal) legal matters and volunteer lawyers log on to the site and answer questions. To ask a question: 1. Visit: indiana.freelegalanswers.org 2. Click “Start” 3. Complete registration 4. Verify your email address 5.
Log in and ask your question If you are not eligible, visit www.indianalegalhelp.org for more resources. Metro Legal Clinic provides quality legal services to low-income individuals in the community. We only handle non-criminal cases and all services are FREE. -Must be 18 years old and provide proof of identity. Support access to justice for all by recruiting volunteer lawyers to provide legal information, advice and civil representation to low-income residents of Lake, Porter, Jasper and Newton counties. (For more information for other counties: Indiana Coalition for Court Access) As part of our military assistance project, we provide legal assistance to low-income Hoosier military personnel, veterans and their families. Indiana Free Legal Answers is a website where you can ask a question about your non-criminal law problem and get a free answer from a lawyer. To qualify, you do not need to be able to afford a lawyer.
To see if you are eligible and to ask a question now, visit IN Free Legal Answers. This service only provides answers to legal questions, the lawyer who answers your question will not represent you in the whole case or go to court for you. *Sign up to answer legal questions online: Indiana Free Legal Answers HealthLinc currently has a medical-legal partnership (MLP) with Indiana Legal Services. Indiana Legal Services, Inc. (ILS) is a not-for-profit law firm and the largest provider of free civil legal advice to eligible low-income individuals throughout the state of Indiana. MLPs serve low-income individuals with non-criminal civil legal assistance problems. Our MLP is specifically designed for HealthLinc patients and may be able to help. ILS helps hoosiers protect their consumer rights by helping them with predatory loans, buyouts, wage garnishments, collection abuses, bankruptcies, etc. Whether you own your home or rent, ILS helps you with housing law cases such as eviction, foreclosure and landlord/tenant. ILS supports the well-being of families, especially victims of domestic violence and children at risk of abuse or neglect. PLEASE NOTE: Our volunteer lawyers cannot assist inmates. TO GET LEGAL ADVICE FOR YOUR CASE THROUGH A PRO BONO LAWYER: Click here Subject: Talk to a lawyer for free on Martin Luther King Day 1-17-2022 * Register for our annual “Talk to a Lawyer Today” event on Martin Luther King`s birthday every January adoption, bankruptcy, community economic development, consumption, custody, dissolution of marriage, Domestic violence, housing, foreclosure Defence, youth, public benefits, wills 125% of FPL (150% for seniors) Availability of volunteers We handle eviction cases, access to special education services, vocational rehabilitation and more.
I have trouble seeing my daughter, even though I don`t have custody of her. I need to see my autumn, which I have raised since the day he was born. Our Language and Immigrant Rights Center and the Migrant Farmworker Project help Indiana residents resolve a variety of immigration and language issues. NOTE: We do not pick up documents at our counter after 4pm CST. Land transfer deeds or other documents that must be forwarded between the county assessor, county auditor and county registrar must be received by 3 p.m. CST. Upcoming Events for Lawyers: Currently, all events are suspended. Our recognition for our great lawyers is not taking place this year.
MLK Day, we hope to organize both CLE and MLK Day with protective gear at each location. For legal volunteers: We provide low-cost CLEs, links to mentors and follow with you the progress of your case and the services you provide. I need help with custody issues with my ex-husband; We currently have shared custody (I have it 4 days, 3 nights; it has 2 days, 2 nights). He threatens to call the CPS because I refuse to give him a key to go to my apartment and take our autistic child to his therapy in the morning. The online application system is available – Click HERE Our clinic for low-income taxpayers offers free help with tax matters such as IRS collection, exam and appeal questions, as well as identity theft, tax credits, and more. TO ASK AN ONLINE INDIANA ATTORNEY A LEGAL QUESTION: CLICK HERE. Bloomberg Industry Group Legal® Research Services Your gross household income from all sources should not exceed 125% of the FPL guidelines. Exceptions: seniors (60 years and older) – 150%, foreclosure defense (principal residence only) – 250%. * Sign up to help at the Pro se Family Law Clinic in Room 3 of the Superior Court of the Lake – How to Register as a Volunteer Lawyer: This video walks you through the registration process as a volunteer lawyer. Help Video – How to Answer Questions About Free Legal Answers: This video walks you through the process of selecting and answering questions about free legal answers. The video in support of ILS helps people protect access to health services, including cases involving Medicare and Medicaid.
Subject: MLK Talk to a lawyer. We will send you a link to the login by email on January 17, 2022 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. NOTE: IN THE INTEREST OF THE HEALTH OF OUR CLIENTS AND EMPLOYEES, INDIANA LEGAL SERVICES, INC. EMPLOYEES WORK REMOTELY. WE CONTINUE TO ACCEPT REQUESTS FOR LEGAL ASSISTANCE Select (for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): Areas of Law: Family Law, Consumer Law, Seniors` Law, Housing, Public Services Eligibility: Income up to 125% of federal poverty guidelines (up to 200% in certain circumstances). Screening: Telephone recording Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Counties: Jasper Lake Newton Porter United States: +1 312 626 6799 or +1 929 205 6099 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 669 900 6833 or +1 253 215 8782. * Would like to: Pro-se Clinics to help prepare submissions for paternity cases in Lake and Porter Children`s Courts, family courts in all counties; Pro se information clinics for housing and consumer cases in all our counties, Organize visits with institutions and organizations for seniors to answer seniors` questions.
ILS helps Hoosiers maintain and maintain public benefits such as social security, food stamps, unemployment, etc. United States: +13126266799,,95509531919# or +19292056099,,95509531919# CLICK HERE FOR APPLICATION INFORMATION AND LEGAL RESOURCES Our Seniors Law and Legal Assistance for Abused Adults (LAVA) project supports Indiana seniors with a range of issues, including fraud, public benefits, abuse, and more.