Brandy* anaimbira foni Legal Aid ponena za kusudzulana ndi mwamuna wake amene akukhala m’ndende zaka zitatu pa mlandu wa mankhwala osokoneza bongo. Ankafuna kuthetsa ukwatiwo kuti ayambirenso.
Legal Aid inakhazikitsa chipatala cha Pro Se Divorce Clinic ku Lake County kwa maanja omwe ali ndi milandu yovuta. Brandy, wokhala ku Ashtabula, anali woyenera kwambiri pachipatalacho. Iye ndi mwamuna wake alibe nyumba, ndipo alibe mabilu kapena maakaunti m'maina awo onse awiri. Woyimira mlandu wa Pro bono komanso membala wa Lake County Bar Association Jim O'Leary adatha kumuthandiza kulemba ndikulemba zikalata. Brandy anali woyamikira kwambiri thandizo la Legal Aid kusakatula mafomu ndi makhothi; tsopano, iye akhoza kukhala ndi chiyambi chatsopano.
A O’Leary anati: “Ife monga maloya tiyenera kukumbukira kuti anthu akufunika thandizo lathu ndipo mwina sangakwanitse. "Malingaliro anga zinali zosangalatsa kwambiri, ndinadabwa ndi momwe chipatala chonsecho chinaliri chokonzekera." Iye adaonjeza kuti zidali zosangalasa kuona anzake a m’bawayo akugwira ntchito limodzi mokomera anthu ammudzi. “Nthawi zina timangoonana ndi maloya ena tikamamenyana kukhoti.”
Zipatala za Pro Se Divorce ku Lake County zinayamba mu 2013 chifukwa cha masomphenya a Lake County Domestic Relations Judge Colleen Falkowski. Woweruza Falkowski anagwira ntchito ndi Legal Aid ndi Lake County Bar Association kuti apange chitsanzo chomwe chimapereka mwayi kwa anthu omwe mwina sakanatha kupeza thandizo kuchokera ku Legal Aid. Kuyambira 2013 - anthu opitilira 200 athandizidwa kudzera m'zipatala, zomwe zimathandiza otenga nawo gawo pa chilichonse kuyambira mavalidwe oyenera a khothi ndi machitidwe awo mpaka kulemba zikalata zawo zakusudzulana.
*Maina asinthidwa kuti ateteze zinsinsi za kasitomala. Kuti g
okhudzidwa ndi Pro Se Clinic - kapena mwayi uliwonse wodzipereka wa Legal Aid - pitani ku www.lasclev.org/volunteer