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Toledo Municipal Court opens help center for self-represented litigants as filings rise
Summary
The Toledo Municipal Court reported creation of a budget-neutral help center to assist self-represented litigants and gave midyear filings and collections updates, including a plan to scan and destroy more than 500 boxes of paper case files.
Deputy Court Administrator Brian Latta told the Toledo City Council Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Committee that Toledo Municipal Court has created a help center on the courthouse's fourth floor to assist self-represented litigants in civil matters.
The center, formed by repurposing existing staff and positions rather than adding new ones, will offer two lines of service: professional assistance (including mediators and attorneys from legal aid) and self-help resources. Latta said the center will focus on housing cases, debt collection, license reinstatements and record sealing/expungement. He said court navigators — part-time student employees — will…
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