Services

SLS serves residents age 60 and older in Santa Cruz and San Benito counties by offering legal advice, advocacy, and representation in the following areas.

While your income and assets are not a factor, SLS directs its limited resources toward those who have the highest social and economic needs.

Elder Abuse

Assistance with filing or modifying elder abuse restraining orders.

Discrimination

Assistance with stereotyping and/or discriminating on the basis of age or disability.

Tenant Rights

Assistance with issues related to a tenant-landlord relationship.

Consumer Protection

Assistance with debt problems resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic, fair debt collection practices, debt collection lawsuits, Chapter 7 bankruptcies and more.

Mobile Home Issues

Assistance with issues related to mobile home, sales, contracts, financing, warranties, and more

Care Facilities and Patient Rights

Assistance with issues resulting from poor quality of care and treatment or no freedom of choice to make
your own.

Social Security Benefits

Assistance with issues related to retirement benefits, spousal benefits, widow’s or widower’s benefits, and disability benefits.

Medicare and Medi-Cal Health Insurance

Assistance with issues related to Medicare and Medi-Cal health insurance. We only assist with application help after you have been denied; otherwise Health Insurance Counsel And Advocacy Program (HICAP) can help. Call (831) 462-5510.

Limited Estate Planning

Assistance with creating Power of Attorney documents, and reviewing existing trusts and statutory wills.