Re:We Are All Lawyers Now – The Rise of the Legalish
by behringer on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @09:14AM
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Many regional governments offer the paperwork you need right on their government website. In my state, you can easily sue for damages, child support, custody and many other common matters without any lawyer.
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Re:We Are All Lawyers Now – The Rise of the Legalish
by pnw_hazor on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @03:40PM
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Suing is the easy part.
A friend did a non-lawyer "quick and easy" divorce -- mistakes were made. 10 years later he almost lost a house because his ex declared personal bankruptcy. It took some fancy lawyering for me to save it for him.
I did it gratis, but the same effort would have cost him ~$20K or more if he had to hire an attorney. Well, really, in his case, it would have been too late since he didn't even think it was an issue until he mentioned to me in passing on the last day before defaulting on the complaint.