"Pre-Paid Legal Services Inc. recently identified the top services for which people use its attorneys:
?Real estate: Help with transactions, landlord and tenant issues, foreclosures and short sales.
Consumer finance: Retail transactions for warranties, guarantees and other contracts.
Family Law: Divorce, child support, child custody and child visitation.
Debt collections.
And estate planning.
According to a survey conducted for the American Bar Association, more than 70 percent of respondents said they could have used a lawyer over the past year.
"Most people don't realize there are a lot of aspects of their everyday lives that have legal aspects to them," Mantzaris said. "If we can get people to contact us before they get to be big problems, we can provide them a lot better service."
