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Client requires assistance probating his late wife’s estate to obtain title to his home. Wife passed away intestate on April 9, 2026. Wife had three adult children from a previous marriage who all want Client to have title to the home. VIP has assisted Client with completing an application to the Tangled Title Fund to cover the costs associated with […]

Incorporation-Nonprofit-Client is a newly established nonprofit organization that will be addressing quality of life issues for North Philadelphia residents.  Their activities will include providing quality food, safe walkways, promoting cleaning and greening activities as well as proving vocational and recreational resources for youth and seniors.   Client is seeking legal assistance to form a PA nonprofit and obtain 501(c)(3) tax exempt […]

Client seeks assistance with removing her former partner’s name from title of her home. Client and her former partner purchased the home in 2006, but were never legally married. The property does not have a mortgage. Former partner is willing to sign the deed when it is ready. VIP has assisted Client with completing an application to the Tangled Title […]

Client needs assistance with a name change.  When recently applying for Social Security benefits, Client learned that the name on his birth certificate is different than the name he has used his entire life. Client would like to legally change his name to have his birth certificate match his other ID documents so he can obtain Social Security. Client has […]

Client seeks assistance with probating his mother’s estate and getting title to his home. Client’s mom passed away in 2024. She left a will that appoints client as executor and leaves the home to him. A volunteer is needed to help client probate his mother’s estate, prepare a new deed that transfers title to client and file an inheritance tax […]

Client requests assistance with adopting his stepson. Client has acted as stepson’s father since Client and Mother moved in together. The child’s biological father is unknown, and has never been involved in the child’s life. A volunteer is needed to file an adoption petition and represent Client throughout the adoption process.

Client seeks assistance probating his mother’s estate and obtaining title to her home. His mother passed away intestate in February 2025, leaving client as her only heir. VIP has assisted Client with completing an application to the Tangled Title Fund to cover the costs associated with probate. A volunteer is needed to help client probate his mother’s estate, including preparing […]

Spanish-speaking client seeks assistance with gender-affirming name change. Client wishes to change her legal name to the name she uses in his daily life. Client already has a completed fingerprint card. A volunteer is needed to file a name change petition and amend the name on client’s birth certificate. 

Client seeks assistance with gender affirming name change. Client would like his legal name to reflect the name he uses in his daily life. Client is responsive and has identification documentation, his original birth certificate, and his fingerprint card. A volunteer is needed to file a name change petition and to give advice about how to amend the client’s birth […]

Client is seeking title to her deceased husband’s property. Her husband died in 2021, leaving client and their son as his only heirs. Client has already opened her husband’s estate. Client’s son is willing to sign over his interest in the property to her. There is a mortgage for the property, which client has been making monthly payments towards. Because […]

Client is in need of assistance preparing estate planning documents. Client would like a will naming her husband as sole beneficiary and executor of her estate. Client would also like medical and financial powers of attorney, which name her husband as agent and her sister as alternate agent, along with a living will. A volunteer is needed to help prepare […]

Client seeks assistance obtaining a no fault, no asset divorce. Client and her husband married in Philadelphia on August 17, 2021, and separated on November 21, 2025. In January 2026, Husband filed a complaint in divorce and served Client with the documents. That same month, he attempted to withdraw the complaint but the praecipe to withdraw was denied as insufficient. […]

Client seeks assistance obtaining title to the home he has lived in for a decade. The record owners are Client’s mother and her husband. Husband predeceased Client’s mother who died intestate in 2016, leaving behind Client and his two siblings as her heirs. Client has obtained Letters of Administration for his mother’s estate. One of Client’s siblings subsequently passed but […]

Client would like help probating her late husband’s estate in order to obtain title to her home.  Client’s mother-in-law held the home in trust for client’s husband on the last recorded deed.  Title vested solely in client’s husband upon the death his mother in April 2023.  Client’s husband passed intestate in May 2026, leaving client and their two adult children […]

Deed Transfer – 26-0127721 (GB) Client seeks assistance confirming title to her home in her name. Client’s Mother currently holds title in trust for the client. However, the home needs repairs, and Client was denied repair program access because title is not in her name. Client’s mother is alive and willing to sign over title to Client. A volunteer is […]

Client is seeking assistance obtaining title to his home. His wife, the record owner, died intestate in 2026 leaving three heirs, the client and her two adult children. The client has lived in the house with his wife since the house was purchased in 2006. One of the children is cooperative and willing to give their interest to Client. A […]

Divorce – 26-0127556 (GB) Client seeks assistance obtaining a no fault, no asset divorce. Client and his wife married in Illinois on February 19, 2011 and have been separated since May 2018. Client and his wife live separately and do not share any property, assets, or children. Client does not wish to make any economic claims, and he believes his […]

Client seeks assistance obtaining a no fault, no asset divorce. Client and her husband married in Philadelphia on November 11, 2024 and have been separated since July 23rd, 2026. Client and her husband do not share any property, assets, or children. Client does not wish to make any economic claims; she believes Husband will not either. A volunteer is needed […]

Client seeks assistance probating his deceased wife’s estate and obtaining title to his home. Client’s wife passed away intestate in October 2025. Client and his wife have no children. Client needs title so that he may qualify for repairs to his home’s roof that is leaking. A volunteer is needed to assist client apply to the Tangled Title Fund to […]

Client would like assistance amending her will to leave her home to her two children, make specific bequests for her personal property and retirement funds, and name her sister as executor of her estate. A volunteer is needed to advise Client on this document and draft it according to her wishes.