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Despite the axiom that anyone who represents himself in court has a fool for a client, self-representation is booming--especially in family court. Cities that keep track say 60% to 90% of their divorce, custody and abuse cases include at least one party without a lawyer. In some places...
Eugenia Wajdenfeld stood last week in the foul-smelling hallway of a New York City courthouse, clutching her purse in one hand and a bulging green file in the other. She was immaculately dressed and polite, in contrast to most of the people she had dealt with that day. When...
Recently some courts have surrendered to the pro se trend. In January, Ventura County, Calif., started sending a Winnebago through rural towns, giving out forms and guidance. The New Britain, Conn., superior court offers free use of phones, computers and a "do-it-yourself divorce guide" translated into Spanish. Florida...
JANET JACKSON was always supposed to be the normal one, but then everything is relative. After years of denying she and companion RENE ELIZONDO were, in fact, married, Jackson, 33, was served with divorce papers in Los Angeles last week. Turns out the couple got hitched in a 1991 ceremony...
"Divorce is also strongly spoken against," Ingalls said. "[But] in a lot of conservative Christian churches, homosexuality is on a completely different level. And that's really sad."