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If you are sixty years of age or older and have a legal problem, the Senior Citizens Law Project may be able to help you. Project services are available to those in the most social and economic need, when other legal assistance is unavailable.
The Senior Citizens Law Project is a component of the Legal Aid Service of Northeastern Minnesota. Legal Aid provides civil legal services to low-income people. Fees are not collected from the clients we serve, although donations are encouraged and accepted.
Clients must bear any costs which may arise from litigation such as filing fees, service fees and recording fees. The fees will be waived if the client cannot afford them.
Project services are offered to senior residents of St. Louis, Lake, Cook, Carlton, Itasca, Koochiching, Aitkin Counties.
Our attorneys and paralegals can help you resolve problems involving health care, housing, door-to-door salespeople, home repairs, warranty enforcement and unfair sales practices. We will also help you with problems involving nursing homes and family issues.
We can provide advice in person and over the telephone and we can represent you in court and in hearings before government agencies. We can help you cut through red tape and we can negotiate on your behalf. We can also help draft legal documents.
We prepare a "Senior Legal Line" column which appears in various local newspapers and senior center newsletters and we provide community education workshops on topics such as Medical Assistance, Housing, Incapacity, Patient Rights, Social Security, Health Care Directives and other current legal topics of interest to seniors.
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NOTICE: The Senior Citizens’ Law Project is seeking applicants for membership on our Advisory Board. Applicants must be at least 60 years old and live in the seven county northeastern Minnesota area (Aitkin, Carlton, St. Louis, Lake, Cook, Koochiching, and Itasca counties). The membership is voluntary and unpaid, but enjoyable. The Advisory Board members provide insight and recommendations to the Project on what is important to seniors in the area. For further information, please contact Kristin Parendo, Senior Citizens’ Law Project, Legal Aid Service of Northeastern Minnesota, 424 W. Superior Street, Suite 302, Duluth, MN 55802 or kparendo@lasnem.org.
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A Legal Question & Answer Column for Senior Citizens
July 2011 - (My wife is in a nursing home getting rehabilitation for a broken hip)
June 2011 - (I want to hire a contractor to remodel my bathroom. I have heard horror stories)
May 2011 - (As I get older, I am trying to tie up loose ends and settle my affairs.)
April 2011 - (I’m over 65 and receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI).
March 2011 - (Over the years I have racked up some credit card and medical debts)
February 2011 - (My boyfriend recently had to go to the nursing home after suffering a stroke.)
January 2011 - (Please answer my question about Medical Assistance and gifting)
December 2010 - (A dear friend is approaching the point of were a nursing home would be appropriate....)
November 2010 - (I am enrolled in Medicare, but am finding it difficult to pay the monthly premium...)
October 2010 - (I am upset over my dental bill...)
September 2010 - (What is the federal estate tax?)
August 2010 - (I am my mother’s agent under her financial power of attorney)
July 2010 - (After a routine traffic stop, an elderly friend of mine was arrested)
June 2010 - (I am worried about my neighbor.)
May 2010 - (My wife and I are having trouble paying the property taxes on our house.)
April 2010 - (If I become sick or incapacitated)
March 2010 - (I take care of my husband, all day, every day, in our home
More information can be found at www.LawHelpMN.org
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The Senior Citizens Law Project Assists with Problems Involving:
| Medical Assistance |
| Medicare |
| Medigap Insurance |
| HMO Problems |
| Health Care Directives |
| Supplemental Security Income - SSI |
| Veterans Benefits |
| Pensions |
| Social Services |
| Unemployment Compensation |
| Energy Assistance |
| Other Agency Appeals |
| Public Housing Problems |
| Landlord/Tenant Problems |
| Government Rehabilitation Loans |
| Age Discrimination |
| Nursing Home Problems |
| Home Repairs |
| Warranty Enforcement |
| Unfair Sales Practices |
| Creditor Harassment |
| Family Problems |
| Planning for Incapacity |
| Other Legal Problems |
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SENIORS ADVISORY BOARD: The Senior Citizens Law Project Advisory Board is composed of eligible clients from counties in the Project's service area. It meets on a quarterly basis and helps set priorities and goals, and monitors program activities.
The Senior Citizens law Project is funded by the Arrowhead Agency on Aging, Region V Development Commission and other organizations. For additional information call Kristin Parendo at the Legal Aid Office in Duluth....(218) 726-4800.
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