Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee
650 North Water Avenue
Gallatin, TN 37066
(615) 451-1880 (Voice, Sumner County)
(615) 444-5221 (Voice, Wilson County)
(615) 451-1880 (Voice, Trousdale County ... Call Collect)

Free Legal Help from the
Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee,
Gallatin Office

How does Legal Aid's office help?

Our office in Gallatin helps mostly people who have low income or are age 60 or older.

However, there are some things we can help you with no matter how much money you have or how old you are.

We can help anyone with counseling about Medicare and health insurance.

We can help anyone who is being beaten or hurt by someone they married, or lived with, or have a child with or are kin to.

 

Legal Aid helps people for free.
You do not have to pay.

Our Gallatin office helps people who live in Sumner County, Wilson County or Trousdale County.  We work with the Bar Association Pro Bono Programs in these counties.  They help us find volunteer lawyers to take some cases.

What kind of cases do we take?

We only take civil cases.  We cannot help with criminal cases.  The rest of this page tells you more about the cases we take and our free pamphlets.

We can help with these
Health Care and Insurance Problems:

Getting health care and medicine.

Getting TennCare or Medicaid.

Problems with TennCare, Medicaid or Medicare.

Health insurance for people on Medicare.

Nursing home problems.

Getting health care and residential treatment for children in state custody.

Our free pamphlets on Health Care and Insurance:

1.  Turn Medical Bills into Medical Care with Spend Down Medicaid.

2.  Legal services: Guide to Medicare and Insurance.

3.  Getting TennCare.

4.  Good News for Children Without Health Insurance.

5.  Medicaid Eligibility for Nursing Home Services.

6.  Living Will Kit: Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care.

7.  Medical Bill Blues? (for people on Medicare)

8.  How to Pick Your TennCare Health Insurance Plan

9.  Can't Get Insurance Because of Health Problems?

10.  TennCare Prescription Wallet Cards.

11.  Appealing TennCare Cut Offs for Unpaid Premiums.

12.  The EPSDT Law Puts Your Child on an Equal Footing with His or Her TennCare Health Plan.

13.  1999 Legal Services Guide to Medicare Supplement Insurance.

14.  You Have Rights in a Nursing Home.

We can help you with these
Family Problems:

Being beaten by someone you married, or lived with, or have a child with or are kin to.

Adoption, if it will increase the family's payments from SSI or Families First.

Becoming guardian or conservator for someone.

Emancipation of a minor to get public housing.

Our free pamphlets on family problems:
(Folletos disponibles en Español.)

1.  Are You and Your Baby Safe?

2.  How a Battered Person Can Get an Order of Protection.

3.  Using Orders of Protection from Other States in Tennessee.

4.  Using Tennessee Orders of Protection in Other States.

We can help you with these
Money Problems:

Problems with Families First.

Problems with Food Stamps.

Being cheated when you buy things or pay for services.

Being cheated when you have work done on your home.

Problems caused by unpaid bills, like garnishment, foreclosure, bill collectors and the need for bankruptcy.

Having your house foreclosed on.

Unemployment insurance.

Being sued over damages or injuries.

Social Security.

SSI (Supplemental Security Income)

Our free pamphlets on Money:

1.  Chapter 7 Bankruptcy -- What You Need to Know.

2.  Chapter 13 Bankruptcy -- What you Need to Know.

3.  How to Protect Your Belongings After You Have Been Sued.

4.  How to Stop or Prevent Garnishment of Your Pay.

5.  Bill Collectors Bugging You?

6.  You May Not Have to Pay for School Fees or Workbooks.

7.  Claim Your Earned Income Credit.

8.  Buying a Used Car.

9.  Living Trusts in Tennessee.

10.  How to Get a Break on Your Phone Bill.

11.  Your Rights When Human Services Says You Got Too Many Food Stamps or Too Much Families First.

12.  Families First, Food Stamp and Medicaid Appeals.

We can help you with these
Housing Problems:

Eviction.

Home ownership problems.

Getting repairs made on rented apartments or houses.

Landlord cutting off utilities or locking you out.

Getting in public or Section 8 housing (includes problems with discrimination.).

Getting rent set right in public or Section 8 housing.

Our free pamphlets on Housing:

1.  Eviction: Legal Tips for Renters in Sumner County.

2.  Renters Rights (The rules are different in some counties.  When you call, tell us what county you live in.)

3.  Get Help Quickly If You Can't Make Your House Payment.

4.  What You Need to Know Before You Repair or Remodel Your House.

Other things Legal Aid Does:

Speaks to groups such as senior citizen centers and parents groups about legal rights and duties.

Prints free pamphlets on legal rights that explain things in clear, simple words.

Prints free materials to help people understand special education law and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Represents low-income groups or organizations that are working on these problems.

How to find out if you can get help from Legal Aid:

In Sumner County, call (615) 451-1880.

In Wilson County, call (615) 444-5221.

In Trousdale County, call collect to either number.

We are open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.  You may not have to come to our office.  We may be able to help by phone and mail.  We may also be able to come to the county where you live.

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Note: This page is not meant to take the place of legal advice.  All cases are different and need individual attention.