Legal Aid of Western Missouri

Legal Aid of Western Missouri provides assistance to our low-income and elderly neighbors in civil (non-criminal) matters.

LAWMO’s attorneys are able to provide counsel and advice, draft correspondence and pleadings, negotiate settlements, and provide representation in court and administrative hearings.

Qualifying for help may be based on income and assets of all people living in your home. It is also based on the type of legal problem you have.

They often handle the following types of cases:

• Consumer Protection
  • Foreclosure prevention; mortgage modification; rent-to-own contracts; deeds
  • Bankruptcy
  • Debt collection defense; creditor harassment; unfair and deceptive practices
  • Utility balances or shutoffs
  • Tax assessment appeals and real estate tax sale
• • Family Law
  • Represent survivors of domestic violence in divorce; obtaining Orders of Protection
  • Classes instructing individuals with low incomes on how to file a divorce themselves (KC
    office only)
• Problems with State Benefits

• • MO HealthNet for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled; Medicaid expansion coverage; family
    Medicaid plans
  • Rejected/delayed applications; terminations; unpaid medical bills; denials of service or
    equipment
  • Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Food Stamps)
  • Blind Pension; Supplemental Aid to the Blind; nursing home payment assistance
• Problems with Federal Benefits
  • Social Security Disability; Supplemental Security Income; Social Security Retirement
  • Overpayment; termination of benefits; application denials
  • Federal student loans
  • Medicare
•  Immigration
  • Applying for U.S. Citizenship; Green Card renewals
  • Seeking U Visa and T Visa; securing VAWA status
• Housing
  • Public and private housing
  • Eviction defense; subsidy denials or terminations; habitability issues; housing discrimination;
    security deposits
• Low Income Taxpayer Clinic
  • Federal tax debt assistance
  • State tax debt assistance (only if associated with IRS debt)
• Estate and Probate Issues
  • Small estate affidavits; determination of heirship
  • Minor and adult guardianships
  • Powers of Attorney; Beneficiary Deeds
• Unemployment Benefits and Wage Claims