Legal Assistance

The Mission of the Legal Office
To foster the operational readiness of the armed forces through the provision of legal assistance services to eligible clients and customers in the Pacific Region through private attorney consultations regarding personal civil legal affairs and presentation of preventative law, pre-deployment, and estate planning briefs to units of III MEF and MCIPAC.

Eligibility for Services
Services are provided to active duty military (all branches), military dependents, military retirees, DoD civilian employees (limited services). Contractors are not eligible for services unless their contract states they rate legal services.

Scope of Services:

• Family Law (divorce, separation, child custody, etc.)
• Consumer, credit, and debt issues
• Service members’ Civil Relief Act
• Estate Planning/Wills
• Limited Immigration Assistance
• Our office is prohibited from providing advice on:
• Personal business matters
• Criminal matters (traffic violations, DUI)
• Claims against the government

Military justice or official military matters (courts-martial, NJPs, administrative separations)

Our office is also prohibited from providing advice over the phone or via email, to opposing parties (see section 3), and to third parties.

Supported Installations/Locations
The Camp Foster Legal Assistance Office serves as the central office for the Pacific Region, so it provides assistance not only for personnel located at Okinawa, Japan but at remote installations in the Pacific such as Camp Fuji, Camp Mujuk, or service members deployed to Australia or SE Asia. Legal Services Support Section-Pacific also operates a Legal Assistance Office at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan.

Location
Building 5717 Camp Foster, down the hill from the Naval Hospital.

Contact Information
DSN: 645-1037 (For off-base cell phones call 098-970-1037 or 098-970-5555 and then “0” for the operator).

Hours
Legal Assistance Operational Hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00p p.m. Appointments must be made by emailing our office email box at legalAssistMCB@usmc.mil.

Please allow at least 24 hours to receive an appointment.

For more information please visit the Legal Office website athttps://www.mcbbutler.marines.mil/base-information/legal-assistance/

Services are provided to active duty military (all branches), military dependents, military retirees, DoD civilian employees (limited services). Contractors are NOT eligible for services unless their contract states they rate legal services.