Hyatt Legal Plan - Advocate Benefits - Advocate Health Care
Hyatt Legal Plan - Advocate Benefits - Advocate Health Care
Hyatt Legal Plan - Advocate Benefits - Advocate Health Care
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• Family Law<br />
––Premarital Agreement<br />
––Uncontested Divorce<br />
––Protection from Domestic Violence<br />
––Adoption<br />
––Uncontested Guardianship<br />
––Name Change<br />
• Real Estate Matters<br />
––Sale or Purchase of Your Home<br />
––Refinancing of Your Home<br />
––Tenant Problems/Eviction Defense – where you are<br />
the tenant<br />
––Home Equity Loans<br />
––Boundary or Title Disputes<br />
––Property Tax Assessment<br />
––Zoning Applications<br />
––Security Deposit Assistance – where you are the tenant<br />
• Traffic Matters/Criminal<br />
––Juvenile Court Defense<br />
––Restoration of Driving Privileges<br />
––Traffic Ticket Defense (excludes DUI)<br />
• Wills and Estate <strong>Plan</strong>ning<br />
––Wills and Codicils<br />
––Living Wills<br />
––Powers of Attorney<br />
––Living Trusts<br />
• Immigration<br />
––Immigration Assistance<br />
<strong>Legal</strong> services that are not covered<br />
The plan does not provide any benefits (including<br />
consultations) related to the following:<br />
• Employment-related matters, including company or<br />
statutory benefits<br />
• Matters involving the employer, MetLife® and affiliates,<br />
and plan attorneys<br />
• Matters in which there is a conflict of interest between<br />
the employee and spouse/domestic partner or<br />
dependents, in which case services are excluded for the<br />
spouse/domestic partner and dependents<br />
• Appeals and class actions<br />
• Farm and business matters, including rental issues when<br />
the participant is the landlord<br />
• Patent, trademark and copyright matters<br />
• Costs and fines<br />
• Frivolous or unethical matters<br />
• Matters for which an attorney-client relationship<br />
exists prior to the participant becoming eligible for<br />
plan benefits.<br />
Cost of coverage<br />
You pay for group legal plan coverage with after-tax<br />
deductions from your paycheck. This cost provides<br />
coverage for yourself, your spouse or domestic partner<br />
and your eligible dependents.<br />
Ready to enroll?<br />
If you:<br />
• Are a newly-hired <strong>Advocate</strong> or <strong>Advocate</strong> BroMenn<br />
associate at any location (or move into a benefits eligible<br />
position) and you enroll in the <strong>Hyatt</strong> <strong>Legal</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> during<br />
your initial enrollment period – your coverage under the<br />
<strong>Hyatt</strong> <strong>Legal</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> will begin on the first day of the month<br />
following your enrollment period.<br />
• Enroll during any subsequent Annual Enrollment period<br />
– your coverage under the <strong>Hyatt</strong> <strong>Legal</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> will begin on<br />
the subsequent January 1.<br />
Once enrolled, your coverage under the <strong>Hyatt</strong> <strong>Legal</strong><br />
<strong>Plan</strong> will remain in effect until you elect to drop this<br />
coverage during a subsequent Annual Enrollment or, if<br />
sooner, your <strong>Advocate</strong> employment and/or your benefits<br />
eligibility ends.<br />
For more information<br />
For details about specific types of services the <strong>Hyatt</strong> <strong>Legal</strong><br />
<strong>Plan</strong> can provide, click on:<br />
• Preventing identity theft<br />
• Resolving debt problems<br />
• Buying a new home<br />
• Preparing a will<br />
• Preparing a living will/assigning durable<br />
powers of attorney<br />
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