What is Legal Aid?

There are times when you may find yourself needing legal assistance and cannot afford to pay for it. Legal aid is a nonprofit service that provides legal help to eligible clients. The types of cases they will handle varies from state to state. Most people who qualify for legal aid are low income people. There are many types of cases legal will take.

Housing Problems

People who feel they have been treated unfairly with evictions, confiscation of property, rent, deposit problems and many other issues, can seek the help of legal aid. Legal aid may also be able to help with problems in public housing.

Consumer Complaints

Individuals who have problems with repossessions, debt problems and discrimination issues can seek the advice of legal aid. Many times legal aid will also help those who are having problems with bankruptcy as well.


Family Law

One of the biggest problems many people seek legal advice for is family law. Legal aid will help with divorce, custody, guardianship and restraining orders. Depending on the divorce case you may not get as much help as you may need surrounding divorce. But legal aid can usually refer you to someone that has the experience and may work with your on payment.

There may be times when a legal aid office may not be able to take on your case. Many times there may not be enough legal aid attorneys to work with the general public. In situations such as these you may be able to find other attorneys that volunteer their services to the community. Legal Aid does not allow criminal cases to be taken.