Maryland Legal Aid Pro Bono Case Search
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 Client looking for assistance probating her deceased mother's estateBaltimore City | Misc: Wills and Estates Client's mother passed away in 1985 with a will. The family never opened the est... Case Details | |||||
 Stay at Home Mother Needs Help Regaining Custody of ChildrenCarroll County | Family: Custody/Visitation 40 year old Carroll County residence seeking assistance in a divorce and custody... Case Details | |||||
PG County Homeowner Looking to Draft a Simple Will and POAPrince George's County | Misc: Wills and Estates 69 year old PG County man needs a simple will and Power of Attorney. Only major... Case Details | |||||
 Help Needed Drafting New DeedBaltimore City | Housing: Other Housing Client is attempting to qualify for a home improvement grant however she is havi... Case Details | |||||
Section 8 Client Wants Return of Security Deposit After Landlord Did Not Renew LeaseBaltimore City | Housing: Federally Subsidized Housing Client’s landlord gave notice that client’s lease would not be renewed as la... Case Details | |||||
Help Needed Drafting Separation Agreement.St. Mary's County | Family: Divorce/Sep./Annul. Client advises that the parties have reached an informal agreement on all issues... Case Details | |||||
Baltimore City Homeowner Needs Help Redeeming Ground RentBaltimore City | Misc: Other Miscellaneous Client was assisted with MLA to resolve a ground rent lien. Client is now intere... Case Details | |||||
 Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Help NeededBaltimore County | Consumer: Bankruptcy/Debtor Relief Baltimore County client is a good candidate for a chapter 7 Bankruptcy. Client h... Case Details | |||||
Sparrows Point Resident Desperately in Need of Assistance with DivorceBaltimore County | Family: Divorce/Sep./Annul. 65 year old woman in Baltimore County needs help filing for divorce against her... Case Details | |||||
Client Looking for Assistance with Filing for BankruptcyBaltimore City | Consumer: Bankruptcy/Debtor Relief Client has accumulated personal, medical, and credit card debt over the past few... Case Details | |||||
Help Needed Drafting Simple will and Medical POABaltimore City | Misc: Wills and Estates Baltimore City resident looking to have a will and medical power of attorney dra... Case Details | |||||
Harford County Senior Looking for Help with Simple Will and POAHarford County | Misc: Wills and Estates Harford County Senior Looking for Help with Simple Will and POA... Case Details | |||||
Rehabilitated Father Seeking Visitation With His SonFrederick County | Family: Custody/Visitation Frederick County client is seeking to establish visitation with his son. Client... Case Details | |||||
Client Desperate for Help in Limited Divorce and Custody Matter for Two Year Old ChildFrederick County | Family: Custody/Visitation Frederick County Client struggling with mental illness is seeking representation... Case Details | |||||
PG County Client Needs Help Transferring Home to an Irrevocable TrustPrince George's County | Housing: Homeownership/Real Property (Not Foreclosure) Client resides in a home that is currently titled to him and his mother as a Joi... Case Details | |||||
Abused Baltimore County Client Needs Help with Divorce (No Custody)Baltimore County | Family: Divorce/Sep./Annul. Client and her husband were married in 2009 and have one child together (age 19)... Case Details | |||||
Diabetic Client Needs Help Filing for Divorce to gain Access to Marital FundsFrederick County | Family: Divorce/Sep./Annul. 52 year old Frederick County resident seeking assistance filing for divorce from... Case Details | |||||
Elderly Client in Carroll County Needs a Will DraftedCarroll County | Misc: Wills and Estates 71 year old Taneytown resident looking to have a simple will drafted to give pea... Case Details | |||||
Baltimore County Senior Looking to Draft Simple Will & POABaltimore County | Misc: Wills and Estates Baltimore County Senior Looking to Draft Simple Will & POA. MLA is happy to assi... Case Details | |||||
Anne Arundel County Senior Looking for Assistance Drafting a WillAnne Arundel County | Misc: Wills and Estates Anne Arundel County Senior Looking for Assistance Drafting a Will. MLA is availa... Case Details | |||||
Client Seeking to Remove Name from Deed in Order to Obtain BenefitsPrince George's County | Housing: Homeownership/Real Property (Not Foreclosure) Client has applied for and secured subsidized housing but has been informed that... Case Details | |||||
72 Year Old Client with Limited Hearing Needs Will DraftedWashington County | Misc: Wills and Estates 72 year old Washington County Residence needs assistance drafting a simple will.... Case Details | |||||
Seeking Return of Security DepositSt. Mary's County | Housing: Other Housing St. Mary's County Client seeking return of her security deposit ($1,650). Client... Case Details | |||||
Client Seeking Assistance with Return of Security Deposit and Disputing Damages to PropertyBaltimore City | Housing: Federally Subsidized Housing Client is a Baltimore Regional Housing Partnership voucher holder and moved out... Case Details | |||||
Section 8 Client Wants Return of Security DepositBaltimore City | Housing: Federally Subsidized Housing Client moved out of rental property following two instances of ceiling collapse,... Case Details | |||||
Single Dad Hasn't Been Allowed to See Daughter in a YearBaltimore County | Family: Custody/Visitation A single father on a very fixed income attended the birth of his daughter last y... Case Details | |||||
Client Seeking Security Deposit Return after Vacating Unlicensed RentalBaltimore City | Housing: Other Housing Client began renting a property before encountering issues with the property, wh... Case Details | |||||
Client Seeking Divorce From Husband Who Has Left the CountryWashington County | Family: Divorce/Sep./Annul. Washington county client needs help filing for divorce from her husband who is n... Case Details | |||||
Baltimore City Resident Seeking Help Probating Brother's EstateBaltimore City | Misc: Wills and Estates Client's brother died in in January 2021 intestate. The decedent was divorced an... Case Details | |||||
Frederick County Mother Needs Help Filing for Custody and Child SupportFrederick County | Family: Custody/Visitation Frederick County Client’s former partner left the client and their children a... Case Details | |||||
Section 8 Client Seeking Assistance with Small Claim for Security DepositBaltimore City | Housing: Federally Subsidized Housing Client is a Section 8 voucher holder. Client gave landlord a 30 day notice that... Case Details | |||||
Client with Disability Needs Help Filing for Divorce and CustodyCarroll County | Family: Custody/Visitation Client is currently seeking divorce as well as primary custody of the parties ch... Case Details | |||||
Client Seeking Help with Modification of Joint Legal CustodyCarroll County | Family: Custody/Visitation Client and child’s father have joint legal custody of their child, while clien... Case Details | |||||
Section 8 Client Seeking Assistance with Security Deposit ReturnWashington County | Housing: Federally Subsidized Housing Client is a Section 8 voucher holder who documented their cleaning of the rental... Case Details | |||||
Client with Stage 4 Lung Cancer Needs WillBaltimore City | Misc: Wills and Estates Client has stage 4 lung cancer and would like a simple will drafted to provide a... Case Details | |||||
Elderly Client on fixed income seeking assistance probating his brother's estateBaltimore County | Misc: Wills and Estates 70 year old baltimore county resident who brother passed away last May without a... Case Details | |||||
Client Seeking Assistance with Changing Name on DeedBaltimore County | Misc: Other Miscellaneous Client resides in the home that had belonged to his parents. Both parents are no... Case Details | |||||
Washington County Resident Seeking Simple WillWashington County | Misc: Wills and Estates Senior resident would like assistance drafting a will. Client would like all ass... Case Details | |||||
Client Seeking Full Custody of GrandchildFrederick County | Family: Custody/Visitation Client has received temporary custody of grandchild due drug-related issues with... Case Details | |||||
 Expungement Assistance NeededAnne Arundel County | Individual Rights: Criminal Record Expungement Anne Arundel County Client seeking Criminal Record Expungement... Case Details | |||||
Client Seeking Return of Security Deposit and Prorated RentCarroll County | Housing: Private Landlord/Tenant Client sent the landlord timely notice that client would vacate property. Landlo... Case Details | |||||
Baltimore City Client Needs Criminal Record Reviewed for Expungement AssistanceBaltimore City | Individual Rights: Criminal Record Expungement Baltimore City Client Needs Criminal Record Reviewed for Expungement Assistance.... Case Details | |||||
Client Seeking Full Custody of ChildrenWashington County | Family: Custody/Visitation Client and former partner previously gave the partner’s mother guardianship ov... Case Details | |||||
Client Seeking to Regain Primary CustodyWashington County | Family: Custody/Visitation Client received a motion from adverse party requesting change in custody. Advers... Case Details | |||||
Mother Seeking Increased Visitation with SonGarrett County | Family: Custody/Visitation Washington County Mother has had supervised visitation with her 4 year old child... Case Details | |||||
Single Mother in Washington County Seeking the Return of her Security DepositWashington County | Housing: Private Landlord/Tenant 53 year old Washington County resident moved from her apartment in November 2020... Case Details | |||||
Widowed Client Needs Help Getting Name on Deed for HouseBaltimore City | Housing: Homeownership/Real Property (Not Foreclosure) Client’s home is titled under deceased spouse’s name. The home is paid for,... Case Details | |||||
Client Needs Help to Probate Deceased Mother's Estate to Qualify for BGE Assistance and Stay in HomeBaltimore City | Misc: Wills and Estates Baltimore City client resides in a home that is titled to his deceased mother. C... Case Details | |||||
Baltimore County Resident Seeking Assistance with Probating Deceased Mother’s EstateBaltimore County | Misc: Wills and Estates Client resides in the home belonging to her deceased mother. Client’s mother h... Case Details | |||||
Nursing Home Resident in Need of Help Filing For DivorceCarroll County | Family: Divorce/Sep./Annul. Parties separated in 2018 and have had no contact since. Client is now in a nurs... Case Details | |||||
Client in Need of a Simple WillCecil County | Misc: Wills and Estates Cecile county client with no children would like assistance drafting a Will.... Case Details | |||||
Client in Cumberland Looking to Have a Simple Will DraftedAllegany County | Misc: Wills and Estates 47 year old man in Cumberland would like a simple will drafted to leave assets t... Case Details | |||||
Disabled Client Needs Help Filing For Absolute DivorceBaltimore City | Family: Divorce/Sep./Annul. Client has multiple benign tumors that prevent her from working. Her husband lef... Case Details | |||||
Disabled Client Needs Help in Divorce CaseBaltimore City | Family: Divorce/Sep./Annul. Disabled client's sole income is social security. Her husband has filed for divo... Case Details | |||||
Baltimore City Resident In Subsidized Housing Seeking Return of Security DepositBaltimore City | Housing: Federally Subsidized Housing 40 year old resident of Baltimore city who resided in an apartment under a HUD v... Case Details | |||||
Client Seeking Shared Custody of ChildWashington County | Family: Custody/Visitation Client’s former partner was awarded emergency custody in 2020. Since then, the... Case Details | |||||
Client Seeking Return of Security DepositCarroll County | Housing: Private Landlord/Tenant Client seeking return of her security deposit from her prior landlord. Client pr... Case Details | |||||
Client seeking attorney to review a trust agreementMontgomery County | Misc: Wills and Estates Client's Mother passed away in November 2020 and left assets to him and his brot... Case Details | |||||
Client Needs Security DepositBaltimore City | Housing: Other Housing Client moved out of her apartment in July 2020. The management of the building h... Case Details | |||||
Client is Being Mistreated by Executor of Special Needs TrustBaltimore City | Housing: Other Housing Client was made the beneficiary of a special needs trust set up by her grandfath... Case Details | |||||
54 year old resident of Baltimore City whose mother passed away in February 2020 seeking an attorney to probate the estateBaltimore City | Misc: Wills and Estates 54 year old resident of Baltimore CIty whose mother passed away in February 2020... Case Details | |||||
Elderly client on fixed income needs help preparing quitclaim deedAnne Arundel County | Misc: Wills and Estates Elderly client on fixed income needs help preparing quitclaim deed to remove son... Case Details | |||||
Homeless Client Seeking Assistance Filing for DivorceAnne Arundel County | Family: Divorce/Sep./Annul. Homeless Client has been separated from her husband for more than seven years an... Case Details | |||||
Probate Assistance Needed in Baltimore CityBaltimore City | Misc: Wills and Estates Client is seeking assistance contesting the appointment of a personal representa... Case Details | |||||
Client Needs Assistance with the Return of Her Security DepositBaltimore City | Housing: Private Landlord/Tenant The Client is 63-years-old and over the last twelve months, she has been trying... Case Details | |||||
Client Seeking Assistance with Modifying Custody and Child SupportFrederick County | Family: Custody/Visitation Client believes that it is detrimental to her child’s mental health to be arou... Case Details | |||||
Section 8 Client Needing Assistance with Return of Security DepositBaltimore County | Housing: Federally Subsidized Housing client resided in a property in Catonsville under a section 8 voucher that she p... Case Details | |||||
Disabled Charles County Woman Seeking Representation in Divorce (no minor children)Charles County | Family: Divorce/Sep./Annul. Disabled Charles County woman seeking attorney to assist with filing for divorce... Case Details | |||||
Client Needs Help Obtaining Late Grandmother's PropertyBaltimore City | Misc: Wills and Estates The Client’s grandmother passed away in 2020. The Client’s grandmother told... Case Details | |||||
Single Mother Seeking Help Modifying Order to Allow Teenage Child to Stay With HerHoward County | Family: Custody/Visitation Howard County Client seeking help Modifying an custody Order out of Arizona to a... Case Details | |||||
Washington County Mother In Need of Representation for Divorce and CustodyWashington County | Family: Custody/Visitation 33 year old Washington county Mother seeking assistance filing for divorce and c... Case Details | |||||
Client Needs Help with Divorce and CustodyFrederick County | Family: Divorce/Sep./Annul. Client is seeking a divorce from his wife of 20 years after she committed adulte... Case Details | |||||
Elderly Client Needs Help with Deceased Brother's EstateAnne Arundel County | Misc: Wills and Estates Elderly client in Carroll County seeking assistance obtaining funds left over fr... Case Details | |||||
Client Looking for Assistance Obtaining Full Physical CustodyFrederick County | Family: Custody/Visitation Client obtained emergency custody after former partner would not return child af... Case Details | |||||
Client Needs Assistance Receiving Their InheritanceSt. Mary's County | Misc: Wills and Estates The Client’s parents transferred a farmland property to their 2 children follo... Case Details | |||||
Client Would Like A Relationship With His SonBaltimore County | Family: Custody/Visitation The Client is seeking enforcement of an existing court order for visitation righ... Case Details | |||||
Client Needs Help Collecting a JudgmentHarford County | Consumer: Other Consumer/Finance The Client bought a car which stopped working 45 days after buying it. The Clien... Case Details | |||||
Baltimore County Father looking to Establish VisitationBaltimore County | Family: Custody/Visitation 44 year old Father looking for assistance seeking visitation with his 13 year ol... Case Details | |||||
Help Needed to Reinstate Section 8 VoucherBaltimore County | Housing: Private Landlord/Tenant Baltimore County client who lost her voucher in 2014 and became homeless has reg... Case Details | |||||
Disabled Client Would Like to Stay in His HomeWashington County | Housing: Homeownership/Real Property (Not Foreclosure) Disabled Client would like to stay in his home. His father owned the property an... Case Details | |||||
Woman seeks Security Deposit to Find Stable HousingWashington County | Housing: Private Landlord/Tenant The Client needs assistance receiving her security deposit. The Client moved out... Case Details | |||||
Client Wants Bankruptcy AdviceBaltimore County | Consumer: Collect/Repo/Def/Garnsh Client just wants to talk to someone regarding bankruptcy and the different reas... Case Details | |||||
Client has Credit Card and Personal Loan DebtAnne Arundel County | Consumer: Bankruptcy/Debtor Relief The Client is interested in filing for bankruptcy after his bills began to accum... Case Details | |||||
Client Needs Estate AdviceAnne Arundel County | Misc: Wills and Estates The Client has an estate matter following her mother’s death in November 2016.... Case Details | |||||
Client Wants to Know Bankruptcy OptionsMontgomery County | Consumer: Bankruptcy/Debtor Relief The Client has a lot of credit card debt and filed for bankruptcy many years ago... Case Details |
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Step 02
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