HB 1363, introduced by Rep. Van Haaften, would allow a clerk of court to waive, without prior court approval, fees for filing a petition for guardianship if the petitioner is represented by an attorney for a legal aid corporation or a pro bono attorney provided that the attorney requests the waiver with a statement accompanied by an affidavit of indigency.
Works for me. But then I’m on the board of a legal aid corporation and feel like these folks can use all the help they can get. It’s a relatively thankless job, and the folks who do this work are goddamn heroes. The legal aid attorneys are just a little part of what keeps our society from unraveling around the edges. Folks who get railroaded by the legal system with no representation are less likely to buy into the system and more likely to act out in ugly ways. Just my considered, but hardly unbiased, opinion.
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