UBrandy* ushayele iLegal Aid mayelana nokufaka isehlukaniso nomyeni wakhe odonsa isigwebo seminyaka emithathu ngamacala ezidakamizwa. Wayefuna ukuwuqeda umshado ukuze aqale kabusha.
I-Legal Aid isungule i-Pro Se Divorce Clinic eLake County yabashadikazi abanamacala angeyona inkimbinkimbi. UBrandy, isakhamuzi sase-Ashtabula, wayengumuntu ophelele emtholampilo. Yena nomyeni wakhe abanalo ikhaya, futhi abanazo izikweletu noma ama-akhawunti kuwo womabili amagama abo. Ummeli we-Pro bono kanye nelungu le-Lake County Bar Association uJim O'Leary ukwazile ukumsiza ukuba agcwalise futhi afake amaphepha. UBrandy walubonga kakhulu usizo lwe-Legal Aid lokuzulazula kumafomu kanye nezinkantolo; manje, angaba nesiqalo esisha.
“Thina njengabameli kudingeka sinanzelele ukuthi abantu bayaludinga usizo lwethu futhi bangase bangakwazi ukulukhokhela,” kusho uMnu. O’Leary. “Ngokombono wami bekumnandi kakhulu, ngamangala indlela wonke umtholampilo owawuhleleke ngayo.” Uqhube wathi kumnandi ukubona ozakwabo endaweni yokucima ukoma besebenzisana ukuze kuzuze umphakathi. Kwesinye isikhathi, isikhathi lapho sibona abanye abameli kuphela uma sisenkantolo.”
I-Pro Se Divorce Clinics eLake County yaqala ngo-2013 ngenxa yombono weJaji Lezobudlelwano Basekhaya laseLake County uColleen Falkowski. IJaji u-Falkowski usebenze ne-Legal Aid kanye ne-Lake County Bar Association ukuze bakhe imodeli enikeza ukufinyelela kubantu okungenzeka bangakwazi ukuthola usizo ku-Legal Aid. Kusukela ngo-2013 - abantu abangaphezu kuka-200 basizwe ngemitholampilo, esiza ababambiqhaza ngakho konke kusukela ekugqokeni okufanele kwasenkantolo nokuziphatha kuya ekugcwaliseni amaphepha abo esehlukaniso.
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