Please help these clients resolve their legal issues
ADOPTION
This client needs assistance adopting his nine-year-old stepdaughter, who he has cared for since he married her mother seven years ago. The biological father is not listed on the birth certificate and has given verbal consent. I can help!
Case Eligibility
The biological father is willing to give his consent
VLB Added Value
Connection to attorney mentor experienced in adoption cases
Advice on how to proceed
MORTGAGE
Please help this elderly disabled client remain in her home. Her mortgage company will not accept her payments and her home is at risk of foreclosure. I can help!
Case Eligibility
Client has attempted to pay the mortgage company in full and the company is refusing to accept
VLB Added Value
Connection to attorney mentor experienced in handling these types of cases
Advice on how to proceed
UNINHABITABLE HOME
This client needs legal assistance with her housing. The apartment she is renting has been condemned because of unlivable water and sewage issues. I can help!
Case Eligibility
She will need to move from the condemned building and sue for damages
VLB Added Value
Connection to attorney mentor experienced in handling these types of cases
Advice on how to proceed
Necessary forms and pleadings
WILL
Please help this terminally ill client create a will. He wants to ensure that his significant other and children are properly cared for after his death. I can help!
Case Eligibility
He needs help creating a basic will to leave his possessions to his loved ones
VLB Added Value
Connection to attorney mentor experienced in creating wills
Advice on how to proceed
WILL
Please help this client create a will and power of attorney. Her husband recently passed away without a will and she wants to ensure that her children do not have as much trouble while dealing with her estate. I can help!
Case Eligibility
She needs help creating a basic will and power of attorney to help her children with her estate
VLB Added Value
Connection to attorney mentor experienced in creating wills
Advice on how to proceed
GARNISHMENT
Please help this client fight an unlawful garnishment. Client is currently being garnished for a student loan debt that he never signed for. The debt is more than 30 years old. The client lost his housing and is now homeless because of the garnishment.I can help!
Case Eligibility
Client is very organized and has all of his documents to support his claim
VLB Added Value
Connection to attorney mentor experienced in handling these types of cases
Advice on how to proceed
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Help Desks
Thanks so much to our wonderful student and attorney volunteers who helped us with Help Desks last week.
Vincent Nelan and his client at the Civil Help Desk.
CIVIL HELP DESK
Steven Corhern (Balch)
Preston Martin (Bressler)
Greg McCormick (Bressler)
Vincent Nelan (Baker Donelson)
Students
Kirby Johnson (Cumberland School of Law)
Mary Kate Johnson (Cumberland School of Law)
Katie Wilson (left) and Laura Pizzitola (right) help clients at the Domestic Relations Help Desk.
DOMESTIC RELATIONS HELP DESK
Melinda Guillaume
Lorena Ibarra
Preston Martin (Bressler)
John Milledge
Susan McAlister
Laura Pizzitola (Bressler)
Michael Russ
Katie Wilson (Bressler)
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