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I am currently working with a woman who lives in VT and has a son in NYC she is receiving disability/Social Security for what is clearly an incapacitaiting mental illness. She has previously been represented by a court appointed lawyer who is clearly uninterested in working with her. The crux of this is that she is left to fill out and file and downward modification along with a request that money taken out for child support is teporarily frozen until her financial situation is reviewed by the court. She has brought this to the court 2x and her last appeal through the above mentioned laywer was denied. The long and the short of it is she is clearly unable to work, has no money for food and other basics, and is currently staying in an apartment though the limited kindness and patience of a local landloard. 2 questions: 1) How can we get this downward mod filled out and filed with NYC family court by October 3rd? 2) How can we locate a Pro Bono Family court Laywer who can follow though
State/Country relating to Question: New York Already Tried: Worked with court appointed attorney who has very little interest in the client or the situation. We have contacted the NYC family court directly for instructions on how to file ourselves this has also proven to be unhelpful. At this point we need someone who is knowledgeable about the downward modification process and all it's requirements to review our work and tell us what is still needed and if we can file via mail instead of having to travel to NYC.
I am sorry to hear all the stress this is causing to your friend. You are a good friend to try to assist. I would start in NYC, where the case is situated. There are many good law schools there -- and they have free legal clinics of various sorts. I would begin with NYU and Columbia, and then work from there. <br /> <br />In these clinics, very skilled lawyer/professors supervise eager law students. <br /> <br />I'd also check The American Bar Association interactive web page providing lists of free legal services for people of limited means. At the site, you would point and click at the state and then a list pops up. Visit: <a href="http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/probono/directory.html" target="_blank">http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/probono/directory.html</a> <br /> <br />If the NYC option is not possible, the Vermont Law School in South Royalton has a law clinic, that might be able to help. <br /> <br />But, if at all possible, it would be best to seek help in NYC, as the locals there are best placed to work the system in NYC. <br /> <br />May you find resolution! Sincerely, XXXXX XXXXXAttorney Wayne40080.5390166667
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Attorney Wayne did a great job of responding qucikly with some concrete resources for me to explore.
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