The Legal Aid Society of Columbus

Legal Services Corporation
Ohio Legal Assisance Foundation

Senior Citizens Services

Our experienced Intake Staff will help you determine eligibility and find the right attorney or paralegal to help you with your problem. If you have a problem that is not listed below, call us anyway, we may know of just the right program or private attorney to refer you to. We do not handle criminal cases, fee generating cases or conflicts of interest.

Priority Services to Senior Citizens
  • Simple Wills
  • Powers of Attorney
  • Advance Directives
  • Certain estates under $100,000 for surviving spouses
  • Nursing home issues
  • Survivor & transfer on death deeds
  • Defending against guardianships
  • Medicaid/Medicare

Housing Issues

  • Evictions
  • Landlord\Tenant
  • Foreclosures
  • Predatory Lending
Consumer Issues
  • Bankruptcies
  • Unemployment Compensation
  • Garnishments
  • Credit Issues

Public Benefits

  • Loss or denial of benefits
  • Social Security
  • SSI
  • Food Stamps

Family Law Issues

  • Divorce & Dissolution
  • Domestic Violence
  • Kinship care issues

We make home visits for disabled and homebound senior citizens.