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	Legal Services Guide

Legal Services Guide

Consumer's Guide to Legal Services: Family, Home, and Personal Legal Services

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	The Legal Services Plan is offered by Signature Agency, Inc., a GE Financial company.

Legal Services Guide

Family, Home, and Personal Legal Services Companies

Prepaid legal services plans involve the advance payment of fees or premiums in return for future legal services. They can be purchased by individuals from commercial providers, established by groups, or provided by an employer as an employment benefit.

Coverage provided by prepaid legal services plans varies widely, but tends to focus on summary legal advice, wills and estate administration, and home purchases and sales. More comprehensive plans may include coverage for family matters, representation in court (but generally not major litigation), personal injury, consumer and debt matters, and, to a very limited extent, criminal matters. Many of the areas of law covered by prepaid services plans are not traditionally the areas of law which are identified by legal aid plans as a priority for clients.

Client needs in relation to legal services vary widely. For example, consumer, utility, and debt problems have been consistently identified in the major US surveys as matters of great importance to low-income people. Vulnerable elderly persons can have serious legal issues when their powers of attorneys are misused and experience problems that threaten their autonomy, dignity, health, income, rights, and security; mothers of young children who face life- threatening illnesses can have urgent needs in the areas of wills and other planning for their children. Persons injured in accidents, medical malpractice, or assaults can have legal issues arising from these events. Sometimes people may not realize the problem they are facing is a legal one. Other times, the person may know he or she needs a lawyer's help, but doesn't know how to get a lawyer, or is afraid of the cost of a lawyer.

Many of these problems can be avoided or remedied by legal intervention.

Family, Home, and Personal Legal Services Companies

Legal Services Plan

-- Simple will
-- Warranty problems
-- Small claims court
-- Telephone advice

-- Face-to-face consultation
-- Review of legal documents
-- Letters and phone calls on your behalf
-- Government programs

Experienced attorneys

Legal Services Plan Attorneys have an average of 18 years of experience and each member is assigned his or her own attorney
Security

Enjoy the extra peace of mind of having phone and face-to-face access to your own Plan Attorney to help you with common legal matters, such as wills, small claims court, divorce and real estate
Benefits

Being a member of the Legal Services Plan gives you important legal benefits for only $149.90 per year, including*: Learn More

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