how can she get legal help?

[chinazac]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Georgia.
a friend of mine signed a divorce aggreement draft upon her former attorney's advice back in october. she and her husband ended up sharing the custody of their 2 year old child. but the agreement limits her freedom to travel with the child outside US. in detail it requires attorney's notice and monetary deposit from her prior to action taking place. she has a big language barrier and her former attorney misled her. the judge hasn't signed the agreement and final decree hasn't come out yet. the father doesn't know how to take care of her. she has had an amount of complaint towards the time the child has spent with him during visitation so far. the child's father recently just filed a motion thru attorney to put harshier terms on child's mobility when the mother needs to travel with internationally, which extends the ban up to 18 old. she has very limited income. now she faces upcoming court hearing since the motion is granted. what's the chance if she reprensts herself in court? is she able to file response to the motion or just motion to request the full custody of the child due to the fact that the father is not reliable in rearing the child? she's has very limited income to hire a lawyer. how can she get free or low cost legal representation?

 

[Antigone*]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Georgia.
a friend of mine signed a divorce aggreement draft upon her former attorney's advice back in october. she and her husband ended up sharing the custody of their 2 year old child. but the agreement limits her freedom to travel with the child outside US. in detail it requires attorney's notice and monetary deposit from her prior to action taking place. she has a big language barrier and her former attorney misled her. the judge hasn't signed the agreement and final decree hasn't come out yet. the father doesn't know how to take care of her. she has had an amount of complaint towards the time the child has spent with him during visitation so far. the child's father recently just filed a motion thru attorney to put harshier terms on child's mobility when the mother needs to travel with internationally, which extends the ban up to 18 old. she has very limited income. now she faces upcoming court hearing since the motion is granted. what's the chance if she reprensts herself in court? is she able to file response to the motion or just motion to request the full custody of the child due to the fact that the father is not reliable in rearing the child? she's has very limited income to hire a lawyer. how can she get free or low cost legal representation?

This is not your legal issue. Why don't you pay for her attorney since you are so interested in helping her?

 

[chinazac]

to the comments by Antigone

sir, why didn't you post answer like that?- Why don't go to law school and become a lawyer, so you can help her out for free?

if money is not issue, why the hell do people take online forum and have ppl share their matter?

I post this for her is because of her language barrier. didn't you read it in my lines?

 

[Antigone*]

sir, why didn't you post answer like that?- Why don't go to law school and become a lawyer, so you can help her out for free?

if money is not issue, why the hell do people take online forum and have ppl share their matter?

I post this for her is because of her language barrier. didn't you read it in my lines?

If she has a language barrier, then you cannot expect that she would be able to properly represent herself. So she will need an attorney, hence my response.

 

[Zigner]

sir, why didn't you post answer like that?- Why don't go to law school and become a lawyer, so you can help her out for free?

if money is not issue, why the hell do people take online forum and have ppl share their matter?

I post this for her is because of her language barrier. didn't you read it in my lines?

I suspect that, with such a language barrier, her former attorney didn't mislead her...she simply didn't understand. Why wouldn't she find an attorney she could understand?

 

[Silverplum]

sir, why didn't you post answer like that?-

No doubt because it's true.

Why don't go to law school and become a lawyer, so you can help her out for free?

Personally? I don't wanna.

if money is not issue, why the hell do people take online forum and have ppl share their matter?

Why can't you express yourself without swearing?

I post this for her is because of her language barrier. didn't you read it in my lines?

If she can't understand the language, she has no business dallying in the legal world in a language she can't understand.

We only care to deal with the principals involved. That means the wife or the husband. No one else.

 

[I'mTheFather]

Try these; however, if she has the funds to travel internationally, she will probably be expected to pay for the services.

Georgia Legal Services Program | Home
LegalAid-GA.org | A guide to free and low-cost legal aid, assistance and services in Georgia

 

[tuffbrk]

sir, why didn't you post answer like that?- Why don't go to law school and become a lawyer, so you can help her out for free?

if money is not issue, why the hell do people take online forum and have ppl share their matter?

I post this for her is because of her language barrier. didn't you read it in my lines?

Please don't misunderstand but you also have a language barrier - in writing at least. Your friend needs an attorney. If they do not have the money to afford an attorney, they can attempt to gain assistance from Legal Aid.

On the other hand, since she cannot afford an attorney, she certainly cannot afford a vacation outside the US either. So she really needs to decide exactly how important it is to her to visit outside the US.

If Grandma and Granddad live oversees, she should explore using webcams for her child to interact with them as an affordable alternative.

Frankly, if it were me? I would do everything in my power to make sure my child did NOT leave the US at all or make it as incredibly difficult as possible for my ex to take them out of the US if my ex had family out of the country.

 

[Silverplum]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Georgia.
a friend of mine signed a divorce aggreement draft upon her former attorney's advice back in october. she and her husband ended up sharing the custody of their 2 year old child. but the agreement limits her freedom to travel with the child outside US. in detail it requires attorney's notice and monetary deposit from her prior to action taking place.

I don't see a problem. No problem with that at all.

she has a big language barrier and her former attorney misled her.

FAR more likely: she doesn't understand anything in English.

the judge hasn't signed the agreement and final decree hasn't come out yet. the father doesn't know how to take care of her. she has had an amount of complaint towards the time the child has spent with him during visitation so far. the child's father recently just filed a motion thru attorney to put harshier terms on child's mobility when the mother needs to travel with internationally, which extends the ban up to 18 old. she has very limited income. now she faces upcoming court hearing since the motion is granted. what's the chance if she reprensts herself in court? is she able to file response to the motion or just motion to request the full custody of the child due to the fact that the father is not reliable in rearing the child? she's has very limited income to hire a lawyer. how can she get free or low cost legal representation?

Why would anyone work for "free or low cost"???

 

[Ohiogal]

sir, why didn't you post answer like that?- Why don't go to law school and become a lawyer, so you can help her out for free?

if money is not issue, why the hell do people take online forum and have ppl share their matter?

I post this for her is because of her language barrier. didn't you read it in my lines?

I am an attorney and why should I represent someone from free?
Do YOU work for free or is it only attorneys that should do something for nothing?

Quite frankly, why should she have carte blanche to travel internationally with the "joint" child? Oh yeah. She shouldn't. The child's father has a right to prevent his child from being removed from this country.

 

[ecmst12]

There are attornies that speak many languages, and interpreters for court as well.

Dad wants to make sure that if mom leaves the country with the child, she will return with him at the agreed-upon time. That's what the deposit is for, and it's COMPLETELY understandable for dad to want that put into the agreement. If it was your child, wouldn't you want the same thing?

 

[Bali Hai]

There are attornies that speak many languages, and interpreters for court as well.

You got that right, I didn't understand anything my ex's attorney or the judge said. But I did pick up on my attorney speaking out of both sides of his mouth.

 

[LdiJ]

Please don't misunderstand but you also have a language barrier - in writing at least. Your friend needs an attorney. If they do not have the money to afford an attorney, they can attempt to gain assistance from Legal Aid.

On the other hand, since she cannot afford an attorney, she certainly cannot afford a vacation outside the US either. So she really needs to decide exactly how important it is to her to visit outside the US.

If Grandma and Granddad live oversees, she should explore using webcams for her child to interact with them as an affordable alternative.

Frankly, if it were me? I would do everything in my power to make sure my child did NOT leave the US at all or make it as incredibly difficult as possible for my ex to take them out of the US if my ex had family out of the country.

Its a good think that I didn't think that way. If I had, my daughter would have missed out on a lot a great experiences visiting her grandparents in Italy. Was it scary at first? Absolutely. However, she had the right to know and understand that half of her culture.

 

[tuffbrk]

Its a good think that I didn't think that way. If I had, my daughter would have missed out on a lot a great experiences visiting her grandparents in Italy. Was it scary at first? Absolutely. However, she had the right to know and understand that half of her culture.

Your circumstances, I'd guess, were different than what this poster is posting. His friend who does not have money for an attorney is concerned with their ability to take the child from the country. That does not instill confidence that the child and Mom will be coming back to the states. The request to notify an attorney prior to any departure is not an unreasonable request. The deposit being given to an attorney as a means to ensure the child returns is simply another deterrent to Mom staying in her country. If an ex said, no problem and complied with it, I'd be more comfortable with the child leaving. Instead, they want to fight it. That creates more concern, not less.

 

[ecmst12]

There needs to be some trust between the parents before either of them would be comfortable with letting the child leave the country with the other. There must be SOME reason that dad would fear mom not bringing the child back.