{"id":46597,"date":"2017-09-14T04:20:04","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T09:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=46597"},"modified":"2017-09-14T04:20:04","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T09:20:04","slug":"legal-aid-hotline-available-for-hurricane-irma-survivors-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/legal-aid-hotline-available-for-hurricane-irma-survivors-in-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Aid Hotline available for Hurricane Irma survivors in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A legal aid hotline is now available for Hurricane Irma survivors in Florida who cannot pay for an attorney: 1-866-550-2929. The hotline operates through a partnership between The Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division, the American Bar Association (ABA) Young Lawyers Division, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Both English and Spanish voicemail recordings give instructions for callers to leave a message requesting storm-related legal assistance, and to provide\u00a0<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">their name, telephone number, county of residence, and a description of their legal problems. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 1rem;\">Assistance through this hotline is available to qualified Floridians affected by Hurricane Irma in all Florida counties. Those who qualify will be matched with Florida lawyers who have volunteered to provide free legal help such as: \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00b7 Securing FEMA and other benefits<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00b7 Making life, medical and property insurance claims<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00b7 Dealing with home repair contractors<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00b7 Replacing wills and other important legal documents destroyed in the hurricane<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00b7 Helping with consumer protection matters, remedies and procedures<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00b7 Counseling on mortgage-foreclosure problems or landlord\/tenant issues<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Callers can leave a message on the hotline at any time. Calls will be returned within two business days between 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. There are some limitations: for example, assistance is not available for cases in which fees are paid as part of a settlement or award from a court. Such cases will be referred to a lawyer referral service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Funding for this hotline comes from FEMA under the authority of Section 415 of the Robert T. 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The hotline operates through a partnership between The Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division, the American Bar Association (ABA) Young Lawyers Division, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Both English and Spanish voicemail recordings give [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46597"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46598,"href":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46597\/revisions\/46598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}