Legal help for low-income individuals

Description

Legal aid program that offers legal counseling and/or representation for low-income individuals, typically in the areas of disability law, elder law and family law

Free or low cost legal services help people who are unable to afford a lawyer get access to the court system.

Additional Information

Offers low-cost legal representation to clients for family law matters:

• Dissolution / Divorce
• Division of property
• Paternity
• Custody or parenting time (Visitation)
• Child support - Establishment and modification
• Parenting time
• Third party custody

Features

• Area Served by County
  • Anoka County
  • Carver County
  • Chisago County
  • Dakota County
  • Hennepin County
  • Isanti County
  • Pine County
  • Ramsey County
  • Scott County
  • Sherburne County
  • Washington County
  • Wright County

• Payment
  • Private pay
  • Sliding fee scale

• Specialization
  • People with low income

Eligibility

Low and middle-income families

Application Instructions

Online intake form

Fee

Provides professional legal representation with affordable rates based on income and household make-up

Sliding-scale fees are available to qualifying clients with low and middle incomes and will obtain "in forma pauperis" status for persons who qualify due to economic ability for reduced court fees.