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Case #24-0395922

Guardianship of Disabled Adult Child
Maternal grandmother of special needs child, from Texas Children’s Hospital Medical-Legal Partnership, needs assistance with guardianship. The child has cerebral palsy and Mitochondrial Epilepsy and is reliant on grandmother for all activities of daily living. They speak Spanish.
April 16, 2024
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Case #23-0392535

IRS Tax Issue
The client speaks English and Spanish. He wants help to review his 2020 and 2021 tax returns because he was advised by his daughter’s college to amend both. He now owes and he is considering submitting an Offer in Compromise.
April 11, 2024
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Case #24-0394879

IRS Tax Issue
The client needs help reviewing his 2017 tax return. He receives Social Security Disability benefits and his account is listed as Currently Not Collectible. He filed an amended tax return and the IRS is asking him to pay taxes related to a retirement account. He tried to resolve this on his own and with the help of the Taxpayer Advocate […]
April 10, 2024
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Case #24-0395866

IRS Taxes Tax Court
The client speaks English and Spanish. He wants help making sure he does things correctly with the IRS. He wants to set a good example for his great-nephew and great-niece. The IRS proposed removing the credits associated with his great-nephew and great-niece. As well as changing his filing status from Head of Household to Single.
April 10, 2024
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Case #24-0395519

Guardianship of Disabled Adult Child
Parent of special needs child needs assistance with guardianship. The child has autism, intellectual delay, and suffers from seizures. PW is reliant on parent for their activities of daily living. They speak Spanish. Companion case is 24-0395547.
April 4, 2024
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Case #24-0395547

Guardianship of Disabled Adult Child
Parent of special needs child, from Texas Children’s Hospital Medical-Legal Partnership, needs assistance with guardianship. The child has autism and intellectual delay and relies on her parent for her activities of daily living. They speak Spanish. Companion case is 24-0395519.
April 4, 2024
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Case #24-0395482

Guardianship of Disabled Adult Child
Parents with special needs child, from Texas Children’s Hospital Medical Legal Partnership, need assistance with guardianship. The child has autism, developmental delay, chromosomal abnormality and is reliant on parents for all activities of daily living. They speak Spanish.
April 4, 2024
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Case #24-0393832

Guardianship of Disabled Adult Child
Spanish-speaking parents seek co-guardianship of their adult disabled son.
April 2, 2024
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Case #24-0394917

Guardianship of Disabled Adult Child
Parents of special needs child, from Texas Children’s Hospital Medical-Legal Partnership, need/s assistance with guardianship. The child has cerebral palsy, intellectual disability and muscular dystrophy. They speak English. This case needs to be filed in Fort Bend county.
April 2, 2024
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Case #24-0395313

Guardianship of Disabled Adult Child
Single mom seeks guardianship over her son, who suffered his second aneurysm and is currently hospitalized and sedated.
April 2, 2024
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Case #24-0395222

IRS Tax Issue
A 23-year old student needs help correcting his IRS accounts and credit reports. He is the target of employment related identity theft. He missed out on financial aid this year due to the fraudulent records and is working part time to pay for school.
April 1, 2024
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Case #23-0388087

Guardianship of Disabled Adult Child
Parent with special needs child, from Texas Children’s Hospital Medical Legal Partnership, needs assistance with guardianship. The child has hydrocephaly, cerebral palsy, and is reliant on parent for all activities of daily living. They speak Spanish. Applicant may understand some very basic and limited English.
April 1, 2024
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Case #24-0394978

Guardianship of Disabled Adult Child
Parents of adopted special needs child, from Texas Children’s Hospital Medical-Legal Partnership, need assistance with guardianship. The child has physical and intellectual disabilities – spastic quadriplegia CP, shaken baby syndrome, is blind, requires the use of a gastronomy tube and is reliant on parents for activities of daily living. They speak Spanish.
March 25, 2024
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Case #24-0395232

Guardianship of Disabled Adult Child
Single parent of special needs child, from Texas Children’s Hospital Medical-Legal Partnership, needs assistance with guardianship. The child has an intellectual disability and is reliant on parent for all activities of daily living. They speak Spanish.
March 20, 2024
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Case #24-0394699

Guardianship of Disabled Adult Child
Parents of special needs child, from Texas Children’s Hospital Medical-Legal Partnership, need assistance with guardianship. The child has epilepsy, intellectual disability and severe depressive disorder and uses a wheelchair for long distances. The child is reliant on parents for all activities of daily living. They speak Spanish.
March 20, 2024
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Case #24-0395193

Guardianship of Disabled Adult Child
Parents of special needs child, from Texas Children’s Hospital Medical-Legal Partnership, need assistance with guardianship. The child has autism and functions at an 8-year old’s level. They speak Spanish. This case needs to be filed in Brazoria County.
March 19, 2024
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Case #23-0392814

Guardianship of Disabled Adult Child
Parents of special needs child, from Texas Children’s Hospital Medical-Legal Partnership, need assistance with guardianship. The child has physical and intellectual disabilities and is non-verbal. They speak Spanish.
March 13, 2024
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Case #23-0387971

Guardianship of Disabled Adult Child
Mother with special needs child, from Texas Children’s Hospital Medical Legal Partnership, needs assistance with guardianship. The child has cerebral palsy and is reliant on mother for all activities of daily living. Applicant speaks Spanish.
March 8, 2024
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Case #23-0393194

Guardianship of Disabled Adult Child
Parents of special needs child, from Texas Children’s Hospital Medical-Legal Partnership, need assistance with guardianship. The child has agenesis of the corpus callosum (ACC), which is a birth defect in the brain; cerebral palsy and intellectual and developmental delays. They speak Spanish. Father speaks limited English. This case needs to be filed in Montgomery County.
March 6, 2024
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Case #23-0393032

Guardianship of Disabled Adult Child
Parents of special needs child, from Texas Children’s Hospital Medical-Legal Partnership, need assistance with guardianship. The child has autism, moderate intellectual disability, ADHD and speech impairment. They speak Spanish and do not understand English.
March 6, 2024
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Case #23-0390671

Guardianship of Disabled Adult Child
Applicant and her husband, both Spanish speakers, seek to be appointed co-guardians of their adult disabled son.
March 4, 2024
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Case #24-0394291

Guardianship of Disabled Adult Child
Parents of special needs child, from Texas Children’s Hospital Medical-Legal Partnership, need assistance with guardianship. The child has down syndrome and intellectual disabilities. They speak Spanish.
March 4, 2024
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Case #23-0392153

Divorce Custody
After years in a toxic relationship, wife needs help divorcing her husband and obtaining a support order for their two children.
February 22, 2024
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Case #24-0393693

Divorce
Husband receiving disability is in need of assistance for a divorce. Child is 18yo and will graduate in May.
February 19, 2024
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Case #24-0394031

Divorce Custody
Wife/Mother needs assistance with a divorce involving a child and husband’s retirement benefits.
February 16, 2024
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Case #24-0394026

Divorce
Homeless woman needs assistance with a divorce. The parties have no children or property.
February 16, 2024
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Case #24-0393440

Divorce
52 yo quadriplegic needs assistance with a divorce with no children
February 15, 2024
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Case #23-0393211

Probate without Will
Family of young Decedent, who passed suddenly and unexpectedly, needs help settling her estate.
February 8, 2024
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Case #23-0392797

Divorce Custody
Father of 8yo child needs assistance with a divorce. Both parties are low income, and are co-parenting the child.
February 5, 2024
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Case #23-0392760

Divorce Abuse
Woman needs assistance with a divorce – no children/property.
January 23, 2024
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Case #24-0393287

Probate without Will
Decedent passed while in hospice leaving three adult children to settle her estate including the pursuit of a potential medical malpractice suit involving her care.
January 22, 2024
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Case #23-0393048

Probate without Will
Veteran passed leaving two adult children who need assistance probating his estate so they can preserve the family home.
January 18, 2024
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Case #23-0392426

Divorce Abuse
Wife is being harassed by husband verbally and through very long text messages, and needs assistance with a divorce with no children or property.
January 9, 2024
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Case #23-0392804

Divorce Abuse
Abused wife is seeking divorce with no children or property.
January 9, 2024
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Case #23-0391942

Probate without Will
Applicant needs assistance with Application for Heirship and Application for Letters of Administration
January 5, 2024
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Case #23-0392825

Probate without Will
Surviving adult son needs help settling his mother’s estate.
January 4, 2024
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Case #23-0392081

Divorce
Vet seeks assistance filing for divorce from abusive spouse of approximately 15 years. Minimal assets, some debt, no children.
December 27, 2023
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Case #23-0391366

Probate without Will
Client needs assistance probating her deceased husband’s estate by Application to Determine Heirship and Letters of Administration
November 27, 2023
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Case #23-0392064

Divorce
Vet needs assistance finalizing divorce, one teenage child, limited assets and debts.
November 16, 2023
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Case #23-0390260

Probate without Will
Decedent passed in 2022 leaving unfinished business that his daughter now needs help resolving to settle his estate.
October 19, 2023
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Case #23-0390505

Estate Planning Documents
Assist client with completing will and other estate planning documents.
August 9, 2023
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Case #22-0382627

Private Landlord Tenant Eviction
Client is facing eviction. Virtual Zoom representation is needed before the Harris County Civil Courts at Law. Templates and hands-on mentorship provided. Estimated 3–7-hour commitment.
August 2, 2023
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