Provides free legal services to Georgians with low incomes who reside outside metro Atlanta in 154 of the state's 159 counties.
Georgia Legal Services Program provides free civil legal services to low-income or senior-aged Georgians for a wide variety of legal matters, including:
Housing: Eviction prevention, foreclosure defense, landlord-tenant disputes, fair housing.
Income: Public benefits, unemployment insurance, tax law.
Family: Divorce, child custody, child support, domestic violence.
Health: Guardianship, probate, mental health law.
Consumer: Debt collection, predatory lending, identity theft.
Other: Immigration, bankruptcy, expungements, criminal record
Georgia Legal Services Athens
1865 West Broad St.
Athens, GA - 30606
Phone Number: (706) 227-5362
1 Comments
2022-01-29 20:13:43
I need help filing bankruptcy. I am a senior citizen on ssa, living in section 8 housing. I can not afford attorney fees which cost $2,500 or above.
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Legal aid professionals and organizations oftentimes receive government funding for taking on cases with those who cannot afford attorneys. For the most part, funding is limited so legal aid entities can only take on a limited amount of cases. Qualifications are often rigid.
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foreclosure
family violence case with protective order
Defamation
Parental termination
Fraud Lied to about vehicle that I purchased
Filing Bankruptcy
Divorcing a prison inmate
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