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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsPeople of Walmart can now get uncontested divorces and estate planning while they shop
Walmart, the worlds largest retailer, is adding a new offering for their price-conscious customers: legal services.
According to the ABA Journal, the big box retailer is testing out onsite law offices in some of their Canadian stores with an eye on possibly expanding the concept in the United States.
Walmart shoppers in the Toronto area can find law offices staffed by attorneys from Axess Law, offering services ranging from document notarization to simple wills. The firm has plans to offer real-estate and power of attorney services in the near future, with handling uncontested divorces beginning in the fall.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/05/09/people-of-walmart-can-now-get-uncontested-divorces-and-estate-planning-while-they-shop/?utm_source=crowdignite.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=crowdignite.com
Coming soon! Vegas - like chapels so you can step up and marry your cousin!| Ahh, Wal-Mart, what else can you provide to the mouth breathers?
steve2470
(37,457 posts)Anyone who knows the law in any depth KNOWS that you need someone competent to interpret the law, prepare documents, etc. I hope they have damn good malpractice insurance.
women of red america beware.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)Otherwise, a lot of people are going to get screwed and not in a pleasant way either.
mopinko
(70,088 posts)the law offices of jeffery r levine.
geardaddy
(24,926 posts)I have an old college classmate named jeff levine who is an attorney in NYC.
mopinko
(70,088 posts)big cable tv advertiser, men's rights attorney.
geardaddy
(24,926 posts)So, I could almost see him advertise on late night TV.
jmowreader
(50,555 posts)Walmart stores have a number of little rooms across the front of the store they rent out to eye doctors, nail salons etc. I think the people from Jacoby & Meyers who get put in the lawyer room will be capable of notarizing documents and filling out simple-divorce packets. The things you need serious lawyering to fix take more time than a high-volume law office will want to spend on one case.
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)Just sayin' (<-- I hate myself for using that phrase)
dawg
(10,624 posts)for not going ahead and moving forward with my life.