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As COVID-19 began shutting everything down in metro-Atlanta, one thing was very clear to our Cobb staff: we must continue to help survivors of domestic violence.    So our staff immediately got to work. In those haphazard first few weeks…

One of our clients, Mr. Foster*, passed away a few weeks ago amidst the pandemic. He was a sweet man who had been the caregiver to his nephew, who suffers from PTSD. Mr. Foster originally came to us after his…

Just as the city of Atlanta was issuing stay-at-home orders, Kinship Care Attorney Currey Hitchens was working to get a few adoptions and guardianships in place. Although adoption hearings had been determined to be nonessential in most counties, Currey knew…

Attorney Yazmin Sobh out of our Gwinnett office received a phone call from Mr. Parker, a client with stage four lung cancer. Mr. Parker called because he was worried about his bills, which he was still trying to pay despite…

Although some courts are closed, Fulton Family Division is very busy having hearings via teleconference. Attorneys Nilu, Courtney, Lori and Michelle have all had great outcomes for our clients via teleconference or video conference hearings since we have been working…

Harriet* called the Senior Legal Hotline because she wanted to add her sister, Louise*, to her Section 8 lease. Louise is mentally incapacitated and had been living with her other sister until that sister’s death, at which point Harriet took…

This is what being a Legal Aid lawyer looks like these days. Since many of us are on week three of self-isolation and working from home, we’ve become quite familiar with the challenges of technology and working away from our…

Today we want to tell you a story of resilience. K came to us after experiencing domestic violence in her relationship. And although she had been told that receiving protection was unlikely without substantial evidence, she chose to go to…