Get free legal advice in Indiana and assistance

Indiana residents can get free legal advice and representation from Indiana Legal Services. This non-profit law firm provides help to people across the state. The legal services they offer are wide ranging, and can include everything from foreclosure help, ways to stop debt collectors, domestic issues, divorces, and advice to help someone prevent an eviction from their apartment. Find information on the programs and resources offered below, as well as who to contact for legal help.

Indiana Legal Services provides legal help to thousands of people every year. Sometime people are provided with advice and consultation to their rights and their options. In other cases, sometimes people are assisted with full legal representation, in which an attorney will actually represent the individual in court. Some of the aid they offer includes

Foreclosure Legal Aid

The firm can provide assistance, and also put you into contact with a government approved housing counseling agency. The firm receives federal government funding to provide foreclosure counseling services and other forms of assistance to qualified homeowners who are facing a foreclosure or the loss of their home. If you are a homeowner who is in danger of falling behind on your mortgage, and facing a foreclosure or defaulting on your mortgage, or if you have already have missed your monthly payments, please contact Indiana Legal Services for foreclosure counseling and advice.

 

 

Housing

Lawyers from Indiana Legal Services will defend renters and tenants who are facing an eviction, including they will represent represent subsidized housing tenants to help preserve affordable housing, help mobile home park residents, provide eviction prevention services and consultations, and also provide information and aid to tenants who are facing unsafe or unclean living conditions or other problems with the apartment or home they reside in. Additional free legal programs offered include.

     

 

  • Homelessness
  • Tenants' Rights and Evictions
  • Support for Government / Public and Subsidized Housing
  • Foreclosures Assistance
  • Rental Assistance, including Section 8 government housing
  • Landlord/tenant disputes and mediation

Consumer Advocacy

You may be able to get legal help for dealing with debt collectors and creditors. Attorneys i Indiana can assist you if a creditor or debt collector is attempting to garnish your wages, they can provide free advice on the pros and cons of bankruptcy, and help with deal with other consumer and credit type issues, including.

  • Predatory lending and payday lenders
  • Bankruptcy Filings
  • Debt Collection and Collectors
  • Wage and Income Garnishment

Domestic and Family Matters

Legal support for domestic issues including.

  • Parental Rights
  • Domestic Violence
  • Child Custody, Support, and Visitation Rights
  • Divorces and Separations
  • Guardianship
  • Health Care, Including federal and Arizona government programs such as Medi-Cal, Long-term Care Litigation, Homeless Dumping, MIA, other)

 

 

 

Support for Public Benefits and Entitlements

  • Unemployment Benefits, Claims and Government Assistance Programs
  • Public Assistance/Benefits (Both State, County and Local Welfare)
  • Sanctions
  • Emergency Shelter Assistance and Housing
  • Temporary and Long Term Disability Benefits
  • Food Stamps and TANF
  • Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security

Other Free Legal Assistance Areas in Indiana

  • Predatory Mortgages and Lending
  • Assistance to Community Groups, Action Agencies, Charities, and Non-profit Organizations
  • Payday lenders and lending
  • Name Change
  • Expungement of Criminal Record

 

Contact Indiana Legal Services at (317) 631-9410 to learn how you can get free aid and access to their legal services.

 

 

 

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