Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i88D4jR06856; Wed, 8 Sep 2004 09:04:45 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 09:04:45 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <300BEB3101730B459922DE1D3B4AED890111693A@hobbes2.cal.org> Errors-To: listowner@nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Lynda Terrill" <lterrill@cal.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:3003] RE: GED learner seeking legal help X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 2600 Lines: 62 Regarding the woman Daphne mentioned (below), I found a Website that might be helpful at least as a starting point: the Women's Law Center of Maryland, Inc at http://www.wlcmd.org/ This comment is from the home page: "The Women's Law Center of Maryland (WLC), a non-profit organization, established in 1971, advocates for an equal playing field in the law for women and children. For more than a quarter of a century, the WLC has fought and won many battles to protect and preserve the rights of women--by educating the public and the judiciary on the effects of legal decisions affecting women, by monitoring compliance with the law, by seeking to change unjust laws and unjust lawmaking, and by implementing innovative programs to pave the way for systemic change." Lynda Terrill lterrill@cal.org -----Original Message----- From: nifl-womenlit@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-womenlit@nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Daphne Greenberg Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 4:19 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:3000] GED learner seeking legal help A 23 year old woman who is working on her GED emailed me. She didn't feel comfortable emailing the listserv, so I am posting her question on her behalf. She also did not want me to quote her verbatim-although I assured her that her writing was fine and understandable, she did not feel comfortable seeing her words posted. This is her story. She is married to a man in the navy, has 3 children and would like a divorce. He is much older than her and has many years of graduate education, and she is scared that he is going to take advantage of her age and lack of a high school diploma to rob her of everything that belongs to her. It was suggested to her that she get a military lawyer, however none of the military lawyers that she contacted are willing to get involved (he is an officer). She would like to find a good lawyer. She lives in the Maryland area and none of her friends know of good lawyers. She is too embarrassed to ask her GED teacher for help. She told me that money is not too much of an issue, she will be able to borrow money from her sister who does not currently live in the US. Any ideas on how she can find a lawyer? Daphne Daphne Greenberg Assistant Professor Educational Psych. & Special Ed. Georgia State University P.O. Box 3679 Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3979 phone: 404-651-0127 fax:404-651-4901 dgreenberg@gsu.edu Daphne Greenberg Associate Director Center for the Study of Adult Literacy Georgia State University P.O. Box 3977 Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3977 phone: 404-651-0127 fax:404-651-4901 dgreenberg@gsu.edu
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