Cheryl is a sixty-four year old woman and for the first time in her life, she was being sued and it was by a payday loan company. Cheryl was worried about how this would impact her ability to maintain her household. As a great-grandmother, she maintained a four-generation household and her monthly income was not…
Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Zel Fischer announced during the 2019 State of Judiciary address that the Supreme Court adopted a Pro Bono Waiver of Annual Enrollment Fee rule. Effective January 1, 2020, retired and other inactive Missouri lawyers in good standing will be able to request a waiver of the Missouri annual enrollment fee…
2018 was very busy and very rewarding. We couldn’t have done it without you! Time after time we asked you to take action or make a donation and you always came through. As you know, when you give people access to justice, it changes every aspect of their lives. It gives them opportunities that stretch far beyond the benefits of free legal aid. Thank you…
When Bob, 62, came to Legal Aid for help, he was dying of heart failure. After being told by his doctors there was nothing they could do to save his life, Bob moved in with his brother and was cared for by a local hospice care provider. Although he was dying, Missouri Medicaid ruled that…
Charlie, a retired Air Force veteran, contacted Legal Aid for help obtaining legal guardianship of his granddaughter Brooke. Brooke and her mother (Charlie’s daughter) had lived with Charlie since Brooke was an infant. After ten happy, stable years, Charlie’s daughter was diagnosed with a terminal illness. Charlie took over the care of Brooke and continued…
During Denise and Kirk’s relationship, Kirk frequently talked down to Denise, telling her she wasn’t good enough for him. When Denise became pregnant, Kirk threw her belongings out of his home and tried to pressure her into getting an abortion. Denise had the baby and allowed Kirk visits. At the end of one of these…
Allen was born with kidney failure. At six months old, he was one of the youngest people in Missouri to receive a kidney transplant and he has been on medications his entire life. Allen is now 34 and his kidney is failing again. He must receive a new kidney or he will die. His sister…
We feel safer when we think domestic violence happens somewhere else to someone else. In reality, domestic violence affects people from all walks of life and is present in every community. Anyone can be a victim of domestic violence, regardless of race, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or economic status. WHAT IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE? Domestic violence is…
Joe was a homeless man who kept being picked up for trespassing at Crown Center, where he would sleep in a box on a corner in that area. Joe had a diagnosis of schizophrenia, but wasn’t medication compliant. He wasn’t engaged with any community-based behavioral health center except to go to Swope Health Services once…
Rick came to Legal Aid seeking help because the home he had recently inherited from his mother was at risk of foreclosure due to unpaid taxes. Rick’s home had been in his family for years and was the home where his mother lived prior to her passing. Rick had spent much of his childhood there…
