Show Assists Legal Aid Society The Legal Aid Society is a Utah United Fund agency which provides legal services pertaining to civil cases for persons who need the help of an attorney but who cannot afford to pay the fees a private lawyer would It is often the case that people living on very low incomes or with no income of their own need the assistance of an attorney most THE VIETNAMESE wife of an American soldier is abandoned with small children by her husband who has forgotten the emotional pressures of the war and separation from his He has suddenly discovered that American girls are much more appealing to him than his Vietnamese and he has rediscovered the carefree joys of being a bachelor She is left alone in a strange land with no money and two small children to care A WOMAN with five ages and is left with no support at all by a husband who explains that his new love has more time to spend making herself attractive and more time to spend with him In each of these cases these women would be left virtually without recourse if it were not for Legal Aid The Society will intervene through the courts to obtain the necessary legal action to force these husbands and fathers to shoulder their family ANOTHER typical case handled by the Society is that of a blind widower living on social security and the rent from a basement apartment in his After three months of non-payment of rent he is forced to take action to evict his The Legal Aid Society will provide him with an attorney to handle the These are just three examples of the cases handled last by the one full-time and one part-time attorney of the The Society is able to handle these tremendous case loads because its attorneys are highly experienced and extremely familiar with the legal problems of low income families and the remedies available to oTHE SOCIETY'S counseling hours are p.m. to 5 p.m. daily in Suite of the Atlas Building West Second No appointment is Phone number is The Legal Aid Society is just one of fifty Utah United Fund For information about services provided by the other 49 agencies or other community services you may be in need call the Community Services |