ALBANY – While the Legislature’s just-completed regular session included bills expanding efiling and refining pre- and post-divorce maintenance guidelines, court administrators say a symbolic gesture by the Senate and Assembly will have lasting significance as well.
“It does establish a statewide policy of providing legal assistance for persons in need of the essentials of life,” chief administrative judge A. Gail Prudenti said in an interview Friday. “While it is aspirational, it allows us to work with our access-to-justice partners knowing that they are as committed as we are to providing this assistance.”
