Legal Services - Legal Services of Northwest Minnesota
215 4th Street Northwest, Bemidji, MN 56601
English, Spanish
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Becker County, MN
Clay County, MN
Clearwater County, MN
Douglas County, MN
Grant County, MN
Hubbard County, MN
Kittson County, MN
Lake Of The Woods County, MN
Mahnomen County, MN
Marshall County, MN
Norman County, MN
Otter Tail County, MN
Pennington County, MN
Pope County, MN
Roseau County, MN
Stevens County, MN
Traverse County, MN
Wadena County, MN
Wilkin County, MN
Description
Legal services may include: legal advice, review court papers, assist in drafting paperwork, mediate, negotiate, litigate, and/or represent at an administrative law or district court hearing LSNM assists people with low incomes and issues critical to daily life. Cases including: - Consumer: threats or harassment by a creditor or debt collector, paycheck or bank account being garnished, and utilities shut off - Education: children with a disability and need an Individualized Education Program (IEP), wrongfully disciplined, suspended or expelled of a child - Employment: criminal history, denied unemployment benefits - Family: custody, divorce, parenting time rights, understanding court papers, etc. - Housing: contract for deed, denied of subsidized housing, evictions, foreclosures, housing discrimination and accommodation, locked out, and repair issues - Protective orders: from physically harming or threatening to harm an individual or child and harassment - Public assistance and disability benefits: food support, medical assistance or other public assistance, denied necessary medical care and unable to work because of a disability - Senior issues: health care directive, power of attorney, and simple will
What's Here
Providing organization
Legal Services of Northwest Minnesota
Provides free civil (non-legal) legal representation and community legal education to eligible low-income persons in 22 Northwest Minnesota counties.
