AREAS OF LEGAL ASSISTANCE

 

• Protecting your Social Security and/or SSI over payments and terminations.

 

• Helping you apply for and keep Medi-Cal, advice on paying for long-term care.

 

• Property transfers after spouses death, Homesteads and etc.

 

• Housing  issues, landlord/tenant matters, including evictions and repairs and maintaining utility service.

 

• Preparing powers of attorney and Advance Health Care Directives.

 

• Elder abuse (physical, emotional, and financial) and neglect, including obtaining restraining orders when necessary.

 

• Debtor-creditor advice and assistance.

 

• Alternatives to institutionalization.

 

• Consumer and home repair fraud.

 

** Because of restrictions placed on the Legal Center by law, our funding sources, and small staff, we cannot assist in the following areas: criminal law, personal injury (accident), probate, family law, workers' compensation, traffic matters, wills, real estate, bankruptcy, tax, and business law.