The 2022 VAP golf tournament was great fun! A big shout out to all the golfers, sponsors, and volunteers who helped make our annual Bar Plan Foundation Charity Golf Tournament for the Benefit of the Volunteer Attorney Project a huge success!
This abandoned house was owned by a company in Australia. Legal Aid worked with volunteer attorneys to file an Abandoned Housing Act lawsuit on behalf of the neighborhood association. Once the Court granted entry to the property, the neighborhood and their contractors found that the property had sustained significant fire damage. The contractors—a father-son team…
In early 2020, Legal Aid worked with a volunteer attorney to file an Abandoned Housing Act lawsuit against the absentee owner of this house, an LLC out of Jefferson City. This house had also been fraudulently transferred to a known bad actor in town, so we filed to nullify the forged deed. A dedicated community…
The Tri-Blenheim Neighborhood Association approached Legal Aid about this dilapidated house in 2016. Legal Aid worked with a volunteer attorney to file an Abandoned Housing Act lawsuit. Under court supervision, the contractor—a dedicated community partner who lives just a few blocks from the property—began work in late 2019. The contractor has since completed all repairs…
After the owner of this vacant house passed away, the title changed hands several times due to fraudulently recorded deeds. A volunteer attorney from Lathrop GPM helped the Tri-Blenheim Neighborhood Association file an Abandoned Housing Act lawsuit to clear title and abate nuisance conditions. The neighborhood’s rehabilitation partners completed all repair work and later sold…