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    • Maxwell v. Maxwell
      (U.S. 4th Cir., Evidence, Family Law, International Law) In a husband's petition for wrongful removal under the International Child Abduction Remedies Act against his wife for taking their four children from Australia to the US after their failed marriage reconciliation attempt, district court's order denying his petition is affirmed as: 1) distric […]
    • In re R.S.
      (Cal. App., Administrative Law, Family Law, Government Law, Indian Law, Juvenile Law) Order of the juvenile court terminating parents' parental rights is reversed where: 1) the juvenile court erred in holding the section 366.26 hearing and in issuing orders that terminated parental rights and granting a request by the minor's foster parents to be d […]
    • Godfrey v. Spano
      (N.Y., Constitutional Law, Family Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law) In a state constitutional challenge to two directives by executive and county officials that recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages for purposes of public employee health insurance coverage and other benefits, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed wher […]

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    • VT Judge Awards Custody to Non-Biological Mom- Due to Parent Alienation
      by Kilian MelloyMonday Nov 30, 2009A long-running custody dispute has culminated in a Vermont judge ordering the former partner of a child’s biological mother to assume custody of the child. The anti-gay Christian press says that the seven-year-old child, Isabella, is a "stranger" to her new custodial parent, Janet Jenkins, and that Isabella had […]
    • Babysitter's Custody Win May Be Short-Lived
      Ya just can't make this shit up!Family law attorneys call it a first: a babysitter winning custody of a child. Now the mother's lawyer has won a rehearing -- just in time for the holidays. In an emergency hearing in a Chicago courtroom on Nov. 24, the same judge who last month gave a babysitter custody of a two-year-old boy vacated the guardianship […]
    • Mother, Son Reunite After 36 Years
      (Nov. 23) -- A mother and son who had been searching for each other for 36 years were finally reunited this month in Chicago.David Martinez Johnson, who was 5 when his parents divorced, spent time with both parents until one day his father's family moved him to Georgia, the Chicago Tribune reported. He was told his mother's Mexican-American family […]
    • Father and Sons Reunited After 10 Years
      Mario Navarrete, left, laughs with his son Emilio, 15, for the first time in over a decade.Emilio and Xavier Navarrete don't remember having a father.He left his family -- which also included two older brothers -- in Florida for work in Indiana when Emilio, 15, was a baby. He came back, but divorce papers and burglary accusations prevented Mario Navarre […]

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    • 10-year-old Stunned!
      Do you know what happens to parents, who out of frustration, use duct tape to confine an out of control child? I can tell you exactly what can and often does happen in many instances. Some nosey do-gooder or rebellious child calls CPS and the child is removed from the home, placed into
    • Mother Vindicated Too Late!
      My story began on April 18th, 2006; the day my two children, Preston age 7, and AareOna age 2 were abducted by Wright County Child Protection and placed in a licensed foster home in Albertville, Minnesota. May 9th 2006 — I had a visit with my children. AaerOna was refusing to eat. Preston said that AareOna has not stopped crying for me since they had arrived […]
    • U.S. Army Man Neglects Family
      Young mother needs assistance, wouldn't helping the mother be in order here? Doctor's take an oath when they obtain their license to practice, each and every
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    • Mother Upset, Child Mistakenly Taken into State Custody
      Mother Upset, Child Mistakenly Taken into State CustodyA young girl was picked up from school by a woman she didn't know. Her mother had no idea where she was. It was all done with the school's OK.A worker with Franklin County Children Services picked up a Duxberry Park Elementary kindergartner who was in foster care and took her to its headquarter […]
    • Dr Katherine Rake: The feminist who derides the nuclear family
      Dr Katherine Rake: The feminist who derides the nuclear familyKatherine Rake, who yesterday said the days of the 'typical family' are numbered, is a hard-line feminist brought in last summer to head the Family and Parenting Institute, the state-funded mouthpiece on family life.Note: Gotta get a kick out of the man-haters.
    • Helping hand to stop social workers making the wrong headlines
      Helping hand to stop social workers making the wrong headlinesNote: Good luck with that.At a time when the jobs market has become increasingly competitive, many social work vacancies have remained conspicuously unfilled.
    • Child Left On School Bus For 10 Hours
      A 7-year-old is left on the school bus from 6:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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    • Christmas In Germany
      German Christmas Market in Trier...Candles, advent wreaths, gingerbread, nutcrackers, sugared pretzels, wooden ornaments, and holiday crafts. And, so much fun!Wow guys! I bought a pyramid but it is not this big. Light the candles and the heat moves the fan at the top. Very cool. The individual hand carved nativity scenes rotate as the heat rises. Christmas i […]
    • A.L.S.B. Coming Soon...One More chance To Review Oral Arguments
      In this case an Hispanic father with drug issues was told he could reunite with his daughter if he went to drug classes and visited his daughter as outlined. He moved to California. He successfully attended rehab there. His mother drove him from CA to Yakima, WA for all of the scheduled meeting with his daughter thus meeting the criteria laid out by the cour […]
    • Hondurans Stood Up To The U.S. And Won
      The greatest threat to freedom in Honduras was the United States and the attack on the Honduran Constitution that it led as it supported Manuel Zalaya. Thank goodness for the leadership of Roberto Micheletti, the acting president appointed by their Congress and the national Supreme Court. He is a hero to Hondurans. It would be an honor to meet him someday.De […]
    • Reader Protects Human Life And Now Needs Help
      If the sender of this message will blog comment a phone number I will privately try to help. PR"I want to give up my child. she is 7 and half months old and i no longer want to look after her. i have other children. When i was pregnant her father begged me to abort, i refused thinking i could do it alone, its been the biggest mistake of my life, if i ha […]

Archive for July 31st, 2008

Pro Se Site

Posted by familycourtreform06 on July 31, 2008

http://www.pro-selaw.org/pro-selaw/index.asp

 

This website is designed as a resource center on self-representation in civil legal matters. Our purpose is to provide a collection of materials and resources that can be used to create legal service delivery systems that are based on the concept of “pro se” or “self” representation within federally funded legal services programs, courts, pro bono programs, and other community-based programs.
Pro Se means “on one’s own behalf.”  A 1991 American Bar Association study of self-represented litigants showed:

  • Persons with incomes less than $50,000 are more likely to represent themselves.
  • About 20% of self-represented litigants report they can afford an attorney but do not want one.
  • Self-represented persons are more likely to be satisfied with the judicial process than those who are represented by attorneys.
  • Almost 75% of those who represented themselves in court said they would do it again.

Self-representation, when combined with the power of modern information technology can be an important means of providing increased access to the legal system.
This resource center contains:

  • A searchable Directory of Pro Se Programs operated by legal service providers;

  • White papers and research on the research concept;

  • A Discussion space where organizations that want to design and operate pro se assistance programs can post questions and receive answers from other
    professionals who are engaged in operating pro se programs.

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