Legal Services of Northern Michigan provides a full range of legal services in most areas of civil law for people who meet Federal poverty guidelines or who are 60 years of age or older. These services include: basic discussion of client rights; counseling; preparation of letters, documents, deeds, and pleadings; negotiations; administrative hearings; trials; and, in some cases, appeals, and community legal education presentations.

Legal Services of Northern Michigan does not provide service for criminal cases, traffic tickets or "fee-generating" cases. Services may be limited based upon funding levels and restrictions.

Legal Services of Northern Michigan offers a new online legal aid and legal help web site. Access the web site at lsnmirp.org for a one on one dialog with an attorney. This service is available for the upper peninsula and Northern lowerpeninsula

Having Trouble Paying Your Mortgage
Visit the official web site of the Michigan Forclosure Prevention Project.
FREE help is available

Visit the MSHDA web site Helping Hardest Hit Homeowners.

Michigan's Helping Hardest Hit Homeowners plan is designed to provide:

• Mortgage payment assistance for homeowners currently receiving unemployment compensation,
• Rescue funds for homeowners who have fallen behind in their mortgage payments due to no fault of their own and who have overcome this obstacle, and
• Federal matching funds for principal reductions for homeowners who can no longer afford their mortgage payments as a result of reduced income.

Get help with your tax preparations FREE.
Go to the official web site for I-CAN free online E-file tax preparation and take advantage of this program.