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Pro se divorce is on the rise (access required)

By Peter Vieth
Published: August 17, 2009

More people are going to court without a lawyer in divorces and other civil cases, report judges and lawyers around Virginia. The reception they get may depend on the court they enter, say legal aid lawyers who point to discrepancies in the handling of uncontested divorce cases by non-lawyers. While the trend may correspond with the ...
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