- Child and adult protection representation - Child support and paternity cases - Commitments - Conservatorships - Criminal and delinquency prosecution - Guardianships - Legal representation of boards and agencies - Provides support and assistance for victims and witnesses in criminal and juvenile matters handled by the County Attorney's office

Provides legal assistance and educational opportunities and resources. Legal issues covered include: - Debt collection - Divorce, parenting time, custody, or other family law issues - Employment - Impounded car - Landlord/tenant or property - Probate - Purchase or service contracts - Simple wills and health care directives - Any other civil legal issues

Responsibilities of the County Attorney's Office include: - Child custody decrees - Child protection cases - Child support and paternity matters - Conservatorships - County civil matters - Crime victim assistance and compensation - Crime victim notification service - Crime witness support - Delinquency cases; juvenile court - Family court - Guardianships - Juvenile diversion - Law library - Prosecutes criminal cases - Restraining and harassment orders; orders for protection

Legal assistance for older adults in the areas of: - Assisted living and nursing home problems - Conservatorship assistance - advice only - Consumer/debtor rights - Discrimination: health care, housing, unemployment - Grandparent rights - Guardianship assistance - advice only - Public benefits: Medical Assistance and SSI

Adoption services including adoption searches, placement, guardianship, and counseling for children and adoptive parents

For vulnerable adults who can no longer make the decisions necessary to care for themselves of their finances, and who have no family or friends available to do it for them. These persons may include people with developmental or acquired disabilities, people with mental illness, or the frail elderly. As the court-appointed guardian/conservator, LSS is given the legal responsibility for managing the personal & financial affairs of these incapacitated individuals. Responsibilities (dependent upon court order) include: - Establish place of residence - Determine & provide for care needs - Care for personal property - Consent to necessary medical or other professional care - Approve or withhold approval of contracts - Pay reasonable charges for support of the client - Pay debts - Possess and manage the estate, collect debts and claims due the client, and invest funds

Adoption services including placement, guardianship, and counseling for children and adoptive parents

- Child and adult protection representation - Child support and paternity cases - Commitments - Conservatorships - Criminal and delinquency prosecution; juvenile diversion - General crime victim/witness assistance and notification service - Guardianships - Legal representation of county boards and agencies

Adoption services include placement, guardianship, and counseling for children and adoptive parents

Private attorneys agree to take cases for clients who have been screened through the intake process and either need representation in a matter that is not an area of Legal Assistance of Olmsted County's expertise, or where there is a conflict of interest. Areas of available legal assistance may include: - Consumer/financial law - Elder law/wills - Employment law - Family law - Guardianship/conservatorship law - Immigration law - Landlord/tenant housing law - Property/real estate law

Provides necessary legal representation in criminal matters, civil matters, juvenile matters, and child protection matters; providing representation to county departments and legal advice concerning county legislative matters; and providing assistance and support in law enforcement training. Services include: - Child and adult protection representation - Child support and paternity cases - Commitments - Conservatorships - Criminal and delinquency prosecution - Guardianships

Provides assessment, intake, information and referral, and case management for adults with mental health needs. Case management services address individual needs related to diagnoses such as: - Acute/situational depression - Bipolar disorder - Borderline personality disorder - Major depression - Schizophrenia Additional services may include case planning, consultation, crisis intervention, legal commitments, guardianship/conservatorship, facilitation of hospitalizations, and other residential placements.

- County Counsel - Child and adult protection representation - Child support and paternity cases - Commitments, guardianships, conservatorships - Legal representation of county boards and agencies - Provides criminal and delinquency prosecution as the District Attorney - Victim/witness coordinator: advises crime victims of their legal rights and the status of their cases

Offers placement, guardianship, and counseling for children and adoptive parents

Case management services for children and adults with developmental disabilities providing: Education, vocational and public health services to provide community supports. - Counseling, referrals, and out-of-home placement - Respite care - Group home admission - Sheltered and supported employment - Day training and habilitation - Guardianship - Information and referral services

Responsibilities of the County Attorney's Office include: ?- Accompaniment to medical appointments, emergency medical exams, court hearings, and trials - Child and adult protection representation - Child support and paternity cases - Conservatorships - Crime witness support - Criminal and delinquency prosecution; district attorney - Criminal protective orders - Domestic/family violence legal services - Guardianships - Juvenile diversion - Legal representation of county boards and agencies - Prosecutes misdemeanors, gross misdemeanors and felonies - Requests restitution; crime victim compensation - Restraining orders - Stalking/Harassment orders? - Temporary and permanent restraining orders - Victim notification

Responsibilities of the County Attorney's Office include: - Child and adult protection representation - Child support and paternity cases ?- Conservatorships - Crime witness support - Criminal and delinquency prosecution; district attorney - Criminal protective orders - Domestic/family violence legal services - Guardianships - Initiates CHIPS (Child in need of protection or services) - Juvenile diversion - Legal representation of county boards and agencies - Prosecutes misdemeanors, gross misdemeanors and felonies - Requests restitution; crime victim compensation - Restraining orders - Stalking/Harassment orders - Temporary and permanent restraining orders - Victim notification

Provides legal advice and representation for individuals subject to guardianship or conservatorship.

- Nonprofit program designed to provide guardianship to adult individuals found to be incapacitated to make their own decisions in areas such as health care and place of abode - Most individual clients are elderly and have some form of mental illness or dementia - We can take a certain number of adults under 55 who typically have developmental disabilities and/or mental illness - While this service is set up to assist low-income adults, we welcome private guardianship's. Referrals and petitions can be made by family and friends - We DO NOT provide conservatorship

- Conservatorship services - Guardianship services - Money management - Foster care - Board and lodging

- Child protection/CHIPS cases - Child support and paternity - Commitments - Conservatorships - Crime victim compensation - Crime victim notification services - Crime witness/victim support - Criminal and delinquency prosecution - Domestic/family violence legal services - Guardianships - Juvenile diversion - Legal representation of county boards and county agencies - Paternity suits - Temporary/Permanent harassment restraining orders - Vulnerable adult protection

Provides support and services for individuals who are at risk of guardianship and/or conservatorship and their caregivers through consultation, referrals, and information. Through in-depth assessments, families and professionals determine if guardianship or conservatorship is the right decision and offer less restrictive alternatives when appropriate. Services may include: ?- Assessments: Offers in-depth, objective phone consultations and in-person assessments to determine the appropriate level of care needed. Can also assist in contested guardianship or conservatorship court cases to enable parties to come to terms of settlement or provide strength to a position (either in favor or against the appointment of a guardian or conservator) ?- Advocacy and Coaching: Engages with family members and involved professionals to determine and implement workable alternatives to court intervention or provide supportive non-legal coaching through the petitioning process ?- Petitioner: When an assessment rules out less restrictive alternatives and there is no one in the individual's life to do so, legal assistance may be available to file a petition with the court seeking the appointment of a guardian and/or conservator or to request the court modify or terminate an existing guardianship. Provides a free Guardianship Information Helpline to assist families in determining the best path forward for each individual who needs support and services, including: - Approaches to help address the concern, which may avoid the need for guardianship/conservatorship, including facilitating less restrictive alternatives - Needs of the adult experiencing difficulties - Practical intervention tips to assist the caregiver to be more effective in working with the individual - Supported decision making - The guardianship and conservatorship system

Responsibilities of the County Attorney's Office include: - Child custody decrees - Child protection cases - Child support and paternity matters - County civil matters - Crime victim assistance and compensation - Crime victim notification service - Crime witness support - Delinquency cases; juvenile court - Guardianships - Juvenile diversion - Probate Court - Prosecutes criminal cases - Restraining and harassment orders; orders for protection

- Child and adult protection representation - Child support and paternity cases - Child custody decrees - Commitments - Conservatorships - Crime Victim assistance, notification; compensation - Crime Witness support - Criminal and delinquency prosecution; juvenile diversion - Domestic/family violence legal services - Guardianships - Harassment and Restraining orders - Legal representation of county boards and agencies

- Criminal and delinquency prosecution - Child and adult protection representation - Legal representation of county boards and agencies - CHIPS cases - Child support and paternity - Commitments - Guardianships - Conservatorships