UBrandy* watsalela iLegal Aid malunga nokufaka uqhawulo-mtshato kumyeni wakhe odonsa isigwebo seminyaka emithathu ngezityholo zeziyobisi. Wayefuna ukuwuphelisa umtshato ukuze aqalise ngokutsha.
Uncedo lwezoMthetho luseke iKliniki yePro Se Divorce eLake County kwizibini ezinamatyala anzima. UBrandy, umhlali wase-Ashtabula, wayengumgqatswa ogqibeleleyo ekliniki. Yena nomyeni wakhe abanakhaya, kwaye abanamatyala okanye iiakhawunti kumagama abo omabini. Ummeli wePro bono kunye nelungu leLake County Bar Association uJim O'Leary wakwazi ukumnceda azalise kwaye afake amaphepha. UBrandy wayenombulelo ongazenzisiyo ngoncedo loNcedo lwezoMthetho lokukhangela iifomu kunye neenkundla; ngoku, unokuba nesiqalo esitsha.
UMnu. O’Leary uthi: “Thina njengamagqwetha kufuneka sikhumbule ukuba abantu bayalufuna uncedo lwethu yaye basenokungakwazi ukulufikelela. “Ngokokubona kwam bekumnandi kakhulu, bendimangaliswe yindlela ecwangciswe ngayo yonke ikliniki.” Wongeze ngelithi, bekumnandi ukubona oogxa bakhe ebharini besebenzisana ukuze kulungelwe uluntu. Ngamanye amaxesha, ekuphela kwexesha sibona amanye amagqwetha kuxa sisilwa enkundleni.
Iiklinikhi zePro Se Divorce eLake County zaqala ngo-2013 ngenxa yombono weLake County Domestic Relations uMgwebi uColleen Falkowski. UJaji u-Falkowski usebenze noNcedo lwezoMthetho kunye neLake County Bar Association ukwenza imodeli ebonelela ngokufikelela kubantu abanokuthi ngenye indlela bangakwazi ukufumana uncedo kuNcedo lwezoMthetho. Ukusukela ngo-2013 – abantu abangaphezu kwama-200 baye bancedwa ngeekliniki, ezinceda abathathi-nxaxheba ngayo yonke into ukusuka kwisinxibo esifanelekileyo senkundla kunye nokuziphatha ukuya ekugcwaliseni amaphepha abo oqhawulo-mtshato.
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