Comments on: Panel Works To Expand Legal Help For Low, Moderate Income Residents http://www.northescambia.com/2015/01/panel-works-to-expand-legal-help-for-low-moderate-income-residents Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:31:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sparky http://www.northescambia.com/2015/01/panel-works-to-expand-legal-help-for-low-moderate-income-residents/comment-page-1#comment-290265 Sparky Tue, 20 Jan 2015 03:52:36 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=203726#comment-290265 Poor elderly would likely only need a do-it-yourself will kit easily available online or at the public libraries. Handwritten and witnessed is just fine; accepted by the courts for years. I'd rather see the state help with the cost of marriage counseling before taxpayers jump straight to paying for divorce attorneys. I can imagine the hours such attorneys would generate if they knew the state was footing the bill. Poor elderly would likely only need a do-it-yourself will kit easily available online or at the public libraries. Handwritten and witnessed is just fine; accepted by the courts for years.

I’d rather see the state help with the cost of marriage counseling before taxpayers jump straight to paying for divorce attorneys. I can imagine the hours such attorneys would generate if they knew the state was footing the bill.

]]> By: Jane http://www.northescambia.com/2015/01/panel-works-to-expand-legal-help-for-low-moderate-income-residents/comment-page-1#comment-290231 Jane Mon, 19 Jan 2015 10:28:49 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=203726#comment-290231 What about the elderly who struggle by on $14,000 and year and can't afford to have a will written to leave their home to their kids? They often simply do a handwritten and witnessed will because they can not afford anything else. What about the elderly who struggle by on $14,000 and year and can’t afford to have a will written to leave their home to their kids? They often simply do a handwritten and witnessed will because they can not afford anything else.

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