Consultation on form for applying for family and civil legal aid
Tue 03 Oct 2017
The Legal Services Commissioner is seeking feedback about a new form for applying for family and civil legal aid. There are currently five separate ...
The Legal Services Commissioner is seeking feedback about a new form for applying for family and civil legal aid.
There are currently five separate forms:
- civil general application – form 5
- family general application – form 6
- mental health proceedings application – form 7
- statement of financial position – form 17
- trust form.
The Legal Services Commissioner is proposing to combine these into one form. You can view the proposed new form and give feedback on the Ministry of Justice website.
Feedback closes on 11 October 2017.
Update
The Ministry of Justice has published the updated form, submissions and decisions from the consultation and a video on how to use the new form.
Related media
Concern at family law legal aid shortage, Radio NZ, 08.05.2017
Fewer lawyers taking legal aid could lead to justice issues, lawyers say, Stuff, 21.12.2016
More news on legal aid
See the following NZFVC stories for additional news on legal aid:
Image: Pixabay