I will do no such thing. We have ethics rules and I’m not stretching them for you.

When people come to see a lawyer, they often do not know what their issues actually are. They think they have one issue, but we can see that they actually have 2 or 3 that we can help with to set them up for success.

It’s like going to webMD to see how to treat a headache- the internet will tell you “take an aspirin.” The doctor will figure out why you have a headache and help you with underlying issues or collateral issues you don’t realize you have.

OP is right to ask for actual legal assistance.

Good thinking asking for resources to help, OP!

Good luck and we hope it works out for you!!

Absolutely not- the advice I am giving is to call the resources I posted. Anything else would be inappropriate.

OP, do not simply take this person’s advice and attempt to do this on your own. The resources posted here will connect you with either free or low cost assistance, and this will be a simple matter for them more likely than not.

Because the legal resources people are sending her are free, and ultimately don’t actually know the things you are assuming. It’s why I - a qualified professional- don’t give advice here.

Yeah hi, I’m an attorney and it’s always better to get counsel involved if you can. Just giving this person boilerplate advice based on nothing isn’t doing them any favors and it doesn’t make you look knowledgeable.

Try the Public Interest Law Center! They do great work.

Literally the top of the sign says to use it to stop a crime or save a life. That’s not at all what you should do in that situation.

This is objectively horrible to keep on hand. You will not get anyone dispatched to save you by calling the police department- that’s literally not how this works! Call 911 if you need someone dispatched.