What Services Are Offered for Pre-paid Legal Plans?

Pondering a pre-paid legal plan? He’s a break-down of the services you’re most likely to get and also some legal documents you need to sign before you enroll.

Telephone and Office Consultation: You have unrestricted telephone access to a panel of lawyers regarding any legal matter of interest to you. You can also make brief consultation visits to your lawyer for up to 30 minutes a day for free.

The one restriction placed on these two benefits is that you inquire about a different legal matter.

This aspect of coverage provided by legal plans is one of the most useful because it promotes preventive law. Preventive law is very much like preventive medicine – it helps in anticipating potential problems and taking the appropriate legal steps so that unnecessary legal problems or risks are avoided. With a simple phone call to your lawyer you can avoid getting wrapped up in a hellish legal situation, and you can even discover legal rights you didn’t even know you had.

Follow-Up Service: The panel of lawyers will write letters and make phone calls for you to adverse third parties. Such follow-up service may be what it takes to solve many of your legal problems.

Legal document review: Simple personal legal documents, such as your leases, sales contracts, and insurance policies will be reviewed. Any questions of legal nature that you have about the documents will also be answered by your attorney.

Drafting of wills: A will is a written document that dictates how you want your property issued after your death. Your attorney will draft your will according to your state’s laws so that it will hold up when you die. They will also advise you on any other topics you might want to consider, such as appointing a guardian and establishing a trust.

Price cut on regular fees: Any additional services not covered in the written fee agreement will be at regular price – either hourly or flat – with a discount between 20 to 30%. These services generally include family matters, such as custody and divorce, and court representation, such as traffic tickets and lawsuits.

Some of the legal forms you will need to read with care, agree on, and sign include the following:

Written fee agreement: This is an arrangement that outlines what services are provided in the plan, how much it costs and the methods of payment.

Grievance procedure: This document outlines the procedures that will be taken by the provider to solve any complaints about attorneys or disputes regarding service fees.