Do you offer legal advice over the phone? No. Due to legal constraints and because we have a process where you must be financially eligible for our services, Legal Aid is unable to provide telephone consultations. To qualify for free legal aid from the Legal Aid Society, your income generally cannot exceed 150% (or one and a half times). The Federal Poverty Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County provides disadvantaged people with quality civil law counseling, advocacy, and education to protect their personal safety, improve their opportunities, and improve their living conditions. and promoting self-reliance. Is there a fee for the use of Legal Services from the Legal Aid Society? While there is no fee for legal aid services, you must be a citizen of Palm Beach County and financially eligible for many programs. This is based on your annual income, which in most cases cannot exceed 125%-150% of federal income guidelines, currently from $14,362.50 (125%) to $17,235.00 (150%) for one person. If you have more than one person in your household, this number is different. To find out if you qualify, call 561-655-8944 and speak to one of our paralegals. PLEASE NOTE: While there is no fee for legal advice, you may be asked to assist with litigation costs (e.g. witness fees, witness fees, etc.) in highly controversial legal matters.
Provides free pro bono civil legal assistance to disadvantaged persons. Hello! My family and I are going through a hard COVID19 high school and college, private schools, elementary school, outbreak in Palm Beach County School District, out of service for 20 months, the Department of Education helped and I give them 10 inches up. Thank you for being there pro bono legal service in the funds for the outbreak, Legal aid medical staff also helped during the period of death of family members. Palm Beach County Legal Aid Society (561) 655-8944423 Fern StreetWest Palm Beach, FL 33401 Palm Beach County Legal Aid Society, Inc. Family Violence Initiation Project and Elder Rights Injunction Project, Immigration Advocacy Project hours: Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. or by appointment Are there any other options for me if legal aid cannot represent me in my case? Yes. One of the projects developed by Legal Aid is our pro bono project.
This project was created to help individuals whose cases do not fall within our areas of expertise, such as bankruptcy, mortgage foreclosure, tax affairs and consumer cases. We have access to more than 2,500 Palm Beach County lawyers who have generously volunteered their time to help you with these types of issues. They must continue to follow the same financial guidelines as Legal Aid internal services. Also for simple divorces and other matters, Legal Aid, in cooperation with the court administration, has set up a self-help center on the sixth floor of the Palm Beach County Courthouse in downtown West Palm Beach. You can contact them at 561-355-7048. Do you deal with immigration cases? Yes, but due to our limited staff, we have to limit the types of cases handled by our immigration advocacy project. To find out what types of immigration cases we handle or if you are eligible for immigration services, please call 561-655-8944, ext. 233. Since 1949, Legal Aid of Palm Beach County has been helping the most vulnerable and fragile citizens in our community access their basic rights to housing, food, health care, safety, education and more.
Our lawyers and staff give a voice to those who are not heard and give them a chance to meet many of life`s most basic needs. Does Legal Aid handle criminal matters? No, we do not. If you are accused of a crime and cannot afford a lawyer, you must seek a public defender when you first appear before a judge. None of this would be possible without the support of lawyers, corporations, funders and donors like you, who have given us the privilege of changing countless lives. Legal aid provides services to eligible citizens of Palm Beach County in the following areas of law: Family Law: Divorce in the Case of Family Violence and/or Child Custody Domestic violence: extension of injunction hearings Juvenile Law: Issues of Dependency and Delinquency in Court Immigration Law: Naturalization Issues Oldest law: abuse and exploitation of the elderly, Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, Housing and Consumer Affairs Legal issues concerning HIV-infected persons: employment, insurance, disability benefits, health issues, housing and consumption Housing discrimination: discrimination based on race, sex, colour, religion, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, age, marital status or gender identity and expression.