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A Look at Prepaid Legal Service

By Matthew Paulson, published Mar 22, 2007
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We have car insurance for our car, health insurance for our health, dental insurance for our teeth, a homeowners policy for our home, but what about our legal needs? Would it make sense to have some sort of insurance that would provide you legal service if you were to need it? Let's take a look.

Prepaid legal can do a lot of different things for you. The first thing is that you get with prepaid legal services is that you can ask all sorts of legal questions to your lawyer for nothing more than your prepaid legal fee. Usually you have to sit down and pay a decent up front fee just to see a lawyer for even basic questions.

Another great thing that prepaid legal services can do for you is enable you to send all sorts of threatening letters. Nothing makes people who are misbehaving start acting properly than a letter from an attorney's office. They know that you're serious and have some legal help to back you up if need be. This isn't a reason alone to get it, but it's a perk.

You can also have any contracts that you are considering signing reviewed by your lawyer. This is a great way to prevent getting stuck by something that you didn't quite see in a contract that you signed. If you need a will done, you can get one done through your attorney for free.

If you're involved in some sort of car accident or are charged with vehicular homicide, you can get coverage for these things. This is a great feature considering all of the bad drivers on the road and you never know what's going to happen! You'll also be covered if you ever get sued, which is one of the biggest benefits. They will cover all of your legal needs up to a certain number of hours per year, but it won't cover all of it. You'll get stuck paying for some of the pre-trial work, but you can get that at a discount. You'll get a 25% discount on other legal services.

A Look at Prepaid Legal Service

Prepaid Legal

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Takeaways
  • Prepaid legal is like insurance for your lawyer needs.
  • You can get free advice, a will done, and have an attorney when you need one.
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