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The Sixty Plus Program
If you are at least 60 years old and live in Maryland, you may qualify for a program providing you with low cost legal services.  This program works with private attorneys who care about your need for affordable legal assistance.  You will be referred to a local attorney who will charge you a reduced fee.
Free Legal Assistance Programs  For Seniors In Maryland
  • Legal Aid Bureau - You must meet the financial eligibility conditions and certain other conditions to qualify for representation.  
  • Senior Citizens Legal Services programs - Funded under Title 3B of the Older Americans Act, these free legal services are available to Marylanders 60 or older who who have certain types of legal problems.
  • Pro Bono Legal Programs - These are organizations that can refer people who meet the qualifications to lawyers in private practice who have volunteered to handle legal matters without fees.
  • Maryland Senior Legal Hotline    (En Español)  -- The Senior Legal Hotline is a free telephone service for persons living in Maryland aged 60 years or older.

    The types of legal services the Senior Legal Hotline provides most often involve:
  • public benefits
  • Medicare
  • Medical Assistance
  • long term care
  • access to health care
  • health care decision making
  • neglect
  • exploitation
  • housing
  • nutrition (food stamps)
  • utilities
  • consumer protection
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    It does not provide services in:

  • criminal cases
  • "fee-generating" cases
  • traffic court cases
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    • The Senior Hotline is open from 9:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, and on Thursday from 1:00 p.m. until 4:30 p.m.  The number is 1-800-896-4213. Spanish speaking operators are available and most other languages are accommodated by three-way conference calls with professional translators.   

    Source: Legal Aid Bureau/Maryland Legal Assistant Network

    Last  Review: (no legal content) 6/21/05 (MLAN/AC/AA)
    Is this legal advice? This site offers legal information, not legal advice.  We make every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information and to clearly explain your options.  However we do not provide legal advice - the application of the law to your individual circumstances. For legal advice, you should consult an attorney.  See our section on Finding Legal Help.

    About this website. The Maryland State Law Library, a court-related agency of the Maryland Judiciary, sponsors this site. The website was developed (1999-2007) as part of an access to justice initiative by the Maryland Legal Assistance Network (MLAN) in collaboration with a number of legal services providers serving low and moderate income Marylanders.  In the absence of file-specific attribution or copyright, the Maryland State Law Library may hold the copyright to parts of this website. You are free to copy the information for your own use or for other non-commercial purposes with the following language “Source: Maryland's People’s Law Library – www.peoples-law.org. © Maryland State Law Library, 2007.”

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