Family court cases are greatly impacted by litigants’ lack of stable housing, unemployment and lack of transportation. The challenge for poor litigants is compounded by lack of legal representation.
February 09, 2024 at 11:00 AM
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Issues of poverty and unrepresented litigants present immense challenges to the family court and its judges.
A report issued in 2019 by New Jersey Legal Services provides a sobering perspective. Federal statistics put the state’s poverty rate at about 10%. New Jersey Legal Services points out that if standards were based on what it cost to live in New Jersey, one-third or 2.9 million New Jersey residents experience what it called “true poverty.”
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