Legal Assistance

Coast Guard legal assistance attorneys provide advice and counsel regarding personal legal issues to thousands of service members, dependents and retirees each year at no cost.  These issues may involve family law, estate planning, consumer law, landlord-tenant relations, immigration or many other topics.

Coast Guard Legal Assistance is available for many topics including:

• Consumer and Contract Matters
• Automobiles
• Credit Card Fraud
• Identity Theft
• Service Contracts
• Warranties
• Creditor and Debtor Relations
• Adoption
• Real Estate
• Co-signing Loans
• Home Leases
• Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA)
• Tax
• Wills and Estate Planning
• Advanced Medical Directives
• Powers of Attorney