A woman sought civil legal aid when she decided to file for divorce because she was beaten repeatedly by her husband and father-in-law. The woman did not have legal status and was afraid if she approached the authorities about the abuse they would take her children away. In addition, she only...
Ruby, a mother of three, is a victim of domestic violence. Her husband began physically abusing her after their first child was born and the violence gradually increased.
When she was five months pregnant with her third child, her husband kicked her in the face, breaking her jaw and several teeth....
A 14- year-old boy in Tacoma contends with disabilities from a near-drowning accident as a baby, including severe muscle spasticity similar to Cerebral Palsy. For two years, the boy received Botox injections that effectively improved his mobility and decreased chest muscle spasms that had caused respiratory illnesses. The boy?s family sought...
A domestic violence victim and her child in Okanogan County sought legal help because the child?s father repeatedly drove while intoxicated with the child in the car. Legal aid helped the woman obtain a temporary order that required the father to undergo treatment for alcoholism before being allowed to drive with...
A single mother in rural northeast Washington sought legal help for her third-grade daughter who has ADHD and multiple learning disabilities. The child did not perform well in the general classroom but felt marginalized in the special education program. When the school was unresponsive to requests for classroom modifications for the...
When a young child’s father developed an addiction to prescription drugs, he began to be abusive to the child and eventually attempted suicide. Northwest Justice Project assisted the mother with obtaining a temporary parenting plan modification that restricted visitation in order to protect the...
A mother of two allowed her children to go on a trip with their father, her ex-husband, to Arizona to visit their grandparents. He failed to return the children as planned and within a week he had cut off all contact between her and the children. At that point, the mother...
Dawn is disabled; her income is only $603 per month. Dawn struggled to pay her bills and was getting food stamps through a DSHS program called WASHCAP. One day, Dawn received notice that DSHS was reducing her food stamps. “What I didn’t know was that I could get more food stamps...
A developmentally disabled couple from Everett was solicited by a door-to-door salesman who persuaded them to buy a $2,600 vacuum cleaner and finance the vacuum with a loan through a predatory lender.
Six weeks later, the lender called the couple and convinced them to roll their unsecured debt ($2,600 from the...
Rudi came to the United States twelve years ago as a middle-aged man and settled here with his wife and extended family. Despite not yet having mastered the English language, he put together a small wood working business with a very modest income never exceeding $24,000 annually. Rudi and his wife...
Caroline, a Tulalip tribe member, is a devoted grandmother. When her daughter Katie died, Caroline took in her grandchildren – their father’s whereabouts are unknown. In order to give the children the best care and security, Caroline needed to become their legal guardian. An attorney from the Everett office of the...
Bill and Nancy, a disabled, almost completely illiterate couple, have owned their home for nine years. Scammers convinced the vulnerable couple that their home would be sold in a foreclosure sale; desperate to prevent this catastrophe, Bill and Nancy decided to sign the documents put before them. Due to their inability...
Gary, a 49-year-old disabled, homeless man, depends on General Assistance Unemployable for his medical benefits and a modest monthly cash payment to survive. One Saturday, the first of the month, Gary received a Notice of Termination: he would not be receiving cash or medical benefits that month. Upset and...
A disabled senior in Grays Harbor County sought legal help when he received an eviction notice from the manager of his public housing unit without a clear explanation of what he had allegedly done to violate his lease. The eviction notice came just a few weeks after the tenant posted notices...
A disabled bed-bound woman?s caregiver stole her credit card and used it to make hundreds of dollars worth of purchases for things like manicures and personal electronics. The woman reported the fraudulent charges, but she sought legal help when the credit card company refused to refund the charges. A legal aid...
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