Jun
20
This applies to Australian law. My partner has been receiving free legal aid over the past couple of years for a bitter and long drawn out custody battle with her ex-husband over their two children. She has recently been told that she will no longer be eligible for free assistance, yet the custody battles are not yet over. How can she continue to fight her ex-husband in court with no money. The lawyers fees will easily be ,000, ,000 and even more and she just doesn’t have that kind of money. Does this mean that she has to give up now after all that she has gone through so far?
Are you thinking about selling your home yourself? then
probono she will only have to pay if she wins and if she looks like she really might they will have you pay for it probono loves deals like that she might find one if she knows about them and they will fight hard because they get nothing if they lose
well, unless she wants to do it all her self, it looks like she might have too. the last resort would be to go public, saying its unfair that i should lose my kids because i can’t pay lawyers, because they took the legal aid away.
I’m not sure which state you guys are in. But I know here in brisbane there is a place called Caxton Legal Centre which employs paralegals (or whatever they are called) as well as social workers. At the very least, they might be able to point you int he right direction for something similar in your own state.
http://www.caxton.org.au/
This page also has links for services in other states if you scroll down
http://www.caxton.org.au/useful_links.html
Here’s the rest of their contact details:
Caxton Legal Centre Inc.
28 Heal Street, New Farm QLD 4005
Tel: (07) 3254 1811
Fax: (07) 3254 1356
Email: caxton@caxton.org.au
Office Hours: Monday to Friday 9.00am to 4.30pm
I really hope these guys can at least offer some advice on where to go from here.
Why won’t she be eligible for free assistance, are you earing too much to qualify? Ask the questions. Don’t you go with her when she goes to the legal aid office? Who has the children? If she does then you have a vested interest to know exactly what the situation is. If you are her partner then you will be participating in the bringing up of the children. If you love her then be her partner in this as well.