Legal Fees At Free Or Reduced Rates
The following are legal organizations that provide legal services for free or at a reduced rate to those in need
- Legal Aid Society of Hawaii - A non-profit organization that provides free legal services to indigent families in Hawaii. Families seeking legal representation must qualify under income guidelines and other guidelines depending on the program. The Legal Aid Society of Hawai’i provides help in the area of FAMILY LAW to families and individuals who are struggling with a variety of different issues, including:
- Child custody, visitation, and child support;
- Divorce;
- Paternity;
- Spouse and child abuse;
- Temporary Restraining Orders (TROs);
- Adoptions, Guardianships, or Powers of Attorney;
- Advance Health Care Directives and simple wills; and other legal issues
- Volunteer Legal Services of Hawaii - A non-profit organization that provides free or reduced rates to Hawaii’s indigent population. Family Law, Adoption, Child Advocacy, Child Support, Custody, Divorce, Guardianship, Temporary Restraining Orders, Visitation, Parenting Plans and Elder law.For more information, please call 808 528-7046 on Oahu or Toll Free 1-800-839-5200 or visit their website at Volunteer Legal Services of Hawaii.
- Domestic Violence Legal Clearinghouse - Provides legal services on a sliding scale to victims of domestic violence. The cost for legal services is based on a sliding fee scale with hourly costs assessed for those in a higher income bracket. Training and technical assistance is also fee based while court outreach is available to every victim seeking the courts protection or appearing as a witness in a criminal case.For more information, please call 531-3771 or visit their website at stoptheviolence.org
- Mediation Center of the Pacific - A non-profit organization that provides very low cost mediation to families in Hawaii. There is no income requirement.MCP provides mediation for a broad variety of issues.
- Divorce: Mediators assist parties with property division, child custody and visitation and other issues involved in marital separation. Mediators also help the parties walk through the divorce decree to insure they have addressed all issues and are able to finalize the divorce on their own.
- Paternity Mediation: Mediators assist parties who are not married, but have a child or children, resolve issues of custody, visitation and child support. These cases are court-ordered from Family Court.
- Hawaii State Bar Association’s Legal line - Volunteer attorneys host a telephone hotline every Wednesday evening from the hours of 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. They are available to provide free legal information to the public. This one-hour weekly program assists members of the public who may not have access to an attorney and need general advice or who just want to be pointed in the right direction to get information.Call them Wednesday night at (808) 537-1868. For more information, visit their website at hsba.org
Legal Aid’s staff of attorneys and paralegals provide assistance with these issues through a variety of different methods, including: legal advice, help in filling out paperwork, making phone calls, document preparation, classes on how to complete an uncontested divorce or how to modify child support or child custody orders, and full representation in limited cases.
For more information, please visit their website at www.legalaidhawaii.org or call them at 536-4302.
For more information, please call 521-6767 or visit their website at mediatehawaii.org.