Legal Services for Seniors (LSS) is a nonprofit organization providing legal assistance and representation at no charge to Monterey County seniors (60 and over).

LSS is a local agency, founded in 1985, that is supported by local organizations, including: the Hospice Giving Foundation, Yellow Brick Road and Monterey Peninsula Volunteers Services Benefit Shops, The Monterey County Bar Association, and the Community Foundation for Monterey County, among others.

Examples of their areas of assistance include: Elder, Financial, and Physical Abuse, Landlord and Tenant issues, Medi-Cal and Medicare, and estate planning (wills).

On their website https://www.lssmc.org/ success-stories they have inspiring success stories of the work they have done.

A client’s home burned down in 2023. The client and her deceased mother owned the house. The insurance claim was paid out to both parties and the financial Institution would not release the funds for reconstruction. Legal Services for Seniors intervened with the financial institution and the funds were released within a week. The client is now able to proceed with the reconstruction of her home.

The client worked all her life as a farm worker. She had a 401K and asked the investment group that housed the account to transfer the funds from that account to her checking account at another financial institution. The client needed the money to pay her mortgage and fix her home. The 401K institution made an error and sent the money to another bank account that did not belong to the client. The financial institution ignored the client’s claims and told her they couldn’t help her. With assistance from Legal Services for Seniors, after several months the financial institution finally agreed to give our client her money.

A client went to a beauty salon to get a facial. During her visit, she was tricked into buying some products for over $5,000. The employee at the salon filled out an application for a line of credit without the client’s consent, charging debit and credit cards. Legal Services for Seniors contacted the bank and loan company. The charges were removed from the client’s account.

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