Do-it-yourself divorcers getting online aid

St. Charles County Business Record, May, 2006 by Lawyers Weekly USA

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BOSTON - Courts in Arizona, California, Maryland, Washington, Utah and other states have developed a range of Web-based legal forms and instructions to help pro se litigants fill out forms for divorces, child custody orders and restraining orders.

Courts are increasingly providing online forms via their Web sites, including divorce forms, said Madelynn Herman, a research analyst with the National Center for State Courts in Williamsburg, Va.

Certainly, more and more courts are working on standardizing their paper forms and making those forms available online electronically, agreed Richard Zorza, a Washington attorney, author and consultant on access-to-justice...