There is legal aid for criminal cases, its not been available for family courts/divorce for a while.
Sorry to hear that. I'm in Wales and it may be different but we do have legal aid. I'm currently working on a case for a dad trying to get visitation and he qualifies for full legal aid as he is unemployed and just out of prison.When I personally got beaten to a pulp by my husband and had Zero way to pay the fees for court, I had absolutely no legal aid, 9 years ago.
And now in my job, we help people time and time and time again and we are told to tell them there is NO legal aid.
Solicitors night work pro bono but there isn’t legal aid.
There is in WalesThere is legal aid for criminal cases, its not been available for family courts/divorce for a while.
I’ll have to send the women I work with down to you guys then. Because we certainly don’t get it for anyone and we fight bloody hard for them.Legal Aid is also still available for DA cases, too. I know several women in receipt. Much harder to qualify for now though.
That’s really troubling. Especially if there’s a force telling people it isn’t available. Because it absolutely is. How demoralising for you guys That’s something your commissioner should be taking up.I’ll have to send the women I work with down to you guys then. Because we certainly don’t get it for anyone and we fight bloody hard for them.
Our commissioner fights hard for it. We can’t.That’s really troubling. Especially if there’s a force telling people it isn’t available. Because it absolutely is. How demoralising for you guys That’s something your commissioner should be taking up.
Our commissioner fights hard for it. We can’t.
We get pro bono via solicitors if we beg
Don’t apologise I hope things went well and you’re in a better placeI hope this wont upset anyone but I'm a DA case and I've been going through the family courts for almost a year now, just finished. I've had legal aid the entire time.
This. I cant imagine sharing some of my adult kids' woes with my parents, never mind friends... and NEVER strangers who have enough info from me to identify, find and hurt my kidsI feel a bit sick waking up and reading all of this. Obviously we know she is a massive attention seeker but this is quite something else, those poor poor children.
What an absolute mess, I don't tell my best friend some things about my children, I trust her 100% but my children deserve some privacy. Can you imagine telling complete strangers massively personal information about young vulnerable children, it blows my mind.
She needs help.
^ Absolutely this.Her need to be the victim has overcome her judgement.
Thank you getting there xxxDon’t apologise I hope things went well and you’re in a better place