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Legal aid groups ask for $325,000 ongoing to expand statewide domestic violence and family law services
Summary
Nonprofit legal services and lawmakers told the committee that nearly half of divorce cases have unrepresented parties and asked for ongoing state support to expand brief‑advice clinics, protective‑order assistance and extended family law representation in urban and rural Utah.
Senator Kathleen Wyler and representatives of Utah Legal Services and the Legal Aid Society of Salt Lake asked the subcommittee for $325,000 in ongoing funding to expand civil legal services to domestic violence victims and low‑income families.
Why it matters: Presenters said a large share of family‑law cases involve parties without counsel — roughly 40–50% for divorce and custody cases in their materials — and that unrepresented litigants create delays, increase…
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