SENIOR LEGAL SERVICES

Services Provided | Is there a cost for Services? | Community Education | Elder Protection Unit

Legal Services is committed to protecting the independence and dignity of our community’s seniors and promoting financial, social, and economic self-reliance through efficient, effective, high quality legal assistance, education, and general advocacy for their needs and rights.

Senior Legal Services is intended to help you if:

• You are at least 60 years of age and older, and
• You reside in El Dorado County, and
• You are seeking legal assistance.

Services Provided

Located in the Placerville Senior Center, our program provides legal education and services to all El Dorado County seniors, regardless of income. Our attorneys meet with seniors individually to provide information and assistance with a wide variety of specific problems. 

• Estate Planning
  Wills/Trusts/POAs
  Summary Probate Proceedings
  
  
• Public Benefits
  Social Security & Supplemental (SSI)
  Medicare and Medi-Cal
  
  
• Abuse and Exploitation
  Restraining Orders
  Fraud and Abuse by Caretakers and Others
  Domestic Violence
  Neglect
  
  
• Health Care
  Health Insurance
  Long-Term Care Planning
  Advanced Health Care Directives 
  
  
• Real Property
  Homeownership
  Easements and Boundaries
  Landlord/Tenant Issues
  Evictions 
  
  
• Consumer Issues
  Consumer Fraud
  Contract and Loans
  Debt Collection and Defense 

Donations

There is no charge for services, however, your tax-deductable contribution in any amount would be more than welcome.

Community Education

Our attorneys provide workshops and seminars on a wide variety of legal issues to private and public groups across the county. Topics include estate planning, powers of attorney and health care directives, financial scams and identify theft, Medi-Cal and long-term care planning, and other legal issues of interest. We also have an extensive collection of informational fact sheets, brochures, and other materials on a wide variety of legal topics.

The following educational information is available in .pdf format:

• Wills
• Living Trust
• Probate
• Scams
  

Elder Protection Unit

Preventing their financial and physical exploitation, abuse, and neglect are important goals of El Dorado County. In response, the Board of Supervisors have formed a multidisciplinary team of which our office is an active participant. It brings together specialists from the District Attorney’s office, County Counsel, Senior Legal Services, Public Guardian, Adult Protective Services, Information & Assistance, Long-Term Care Ombudsmen, and others who work together to help identify, reduce, and prosecute the incidence of financial and physical abuse of seniors in our county.

For more information about the Legal Services that are available, please download the following
Legal Services Brochure

For more information about Senior Legal Services or to make an appointment with an attorney, please call (530) 621-6154.