Patient Legal Support is a program designed to improve the health and welfare of low-income patients and their families. Patient Legal Support provides free legal assistance to help address the underlying cause of poor health
among patients and families. Legal services are provided through .
You may be eligible for services if you are:
- a current inpatient or outpatient at ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥
- a household family member of a current inpatient or outpatient at ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥
- a U.S. citizen or legal resident
To receive legal services through Patient Legal Support, you must be referred by a medical social worker at ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥. Please call 248-551-0692 for more information. Any and all information provided to Patient Legal Support staff is confidential and will
not be released without your permission.
We handle a variety of legal issues. Issues include, but are not limited to:
- Income Support: Social Security/SSI, State Disability Assistance, Department of Human Services
- Health insurance: Medicaid, state health insurance programs, private insurance programs
- Education: special education, early intervention, school expulsions and suspensions
- Family Law: domestic violence, restraining orders/personal protection orders, child support, guardianship
- Housing: foreclosures, landlord/tenant issues, public housing, eviction issues, lead paint abatement
- Consumer: auto defects, auto repossession, credit card defaults, garnishments, tax foreclosures
*Please be advised that any and all information provided to Patient Legal Support staff is confidential and will not be released without a request from you and legal services are free, but some cases may require court filing fees or other case-related
costs.*