The Women's Haven of Tarrant County
Tarrant county shelters
Female's Safe House of Haven County
Thanks to a grant, which shelter will now be able to add a second full-time attorney to its staff and contract with Texas Wesleyan University for pro bono and student services?
California
Texas
Tarrant County
TX
Oklahoma
Women who are not divorced can't obtain child support in which state?
California
Texas
Tarrant County
Oklahoma
In what state can women not obtain child support if they are not legally divorced?
Tarrant
Porter county
Midland
Tarrant County
Legal assistance is now a little easier for battered women to find in what county?
Add a second full-time attorney to its staff and contract with the law school clinic at Texas Wesleyan University for pro bono and student services
More food
Add more room in the shelters
A second full time attorney
More legal help
What will the Women's Haven be able to add with its grant money?
You cant get welfare
You cannot get child support
No control over assets
Women who aren't divorced can't gain full control over their portion of assets. And they can't obtain child support
Control over assets
Can't obtain child support
What is different about living in Texas if you are not a divorced woman?
Disabled
Poor divorcee women
The working poor
Rich men
Who is "completely shut out of the civil-law system"?
They can afford legal help
It has no effect
They are stuck
They don't qualify for free legal services, so they can't file for custody or divorce because it costs too much money. They are completely cut out of the legal system, so they become stuck
There is no problem in Tarrant County
They're completely shut out of the civil-law system
They dont qualify
Why does it pose a problem for the working poor to get legal aid?
Legal assistance for battered women
Free legal services
Welfare assistance
Finding shelters for battered women
Wha got a little easier to find in Tarrant County?
Legal assistance for battered women is hard to come by. But it just got a little easier to find in Tarrant County. This month, the federal Violence Against Women Office awarded a two-year, $350,000 grant to the Women's Haven of Tarrant County. The money will allow the shelter to add a second full-time attorney to its staff and contract with the law school clinic at Texas Wesleyan University for pro bono and student services. Most important, the funds will help fill a frustrating gap. The Women's Haven, which provides shelter and outreach to domestic-violence victims, already has a full-time attorney. But that person is prohibited (by funding parameters) from representing women in matters of divorce or child custody. That's not a problem for most of the shelter's indigent residents, who can access free legal aid locally from West Texas Legal Services. But many of the clients served by the Women's Haven outreach programs are the working poor, who don't qualify for free legal services. Divorces and custody battles are simply out of their financial reach. "They can't begin to save up enough money for a divorce, so they're stuck," says Sonyia Hartwell, the Women's Haven's associate director. "They're completely shut out of the civil-law system." In Texas, unlike in some other states, women who aren't divorced can't gain full control over their portion of assets. And they can't obtain child support. The grant will also provide law students with valuable experience working these types of cases. "They can't go to court, but they can interview clients and do all the initial intake work that needs to be done" as well as investigative work, says Hartwell. And there's no shortage of abuse victims who need this kind of help. "Within 60 days of hanging out her or his shingle," says Hartwell of the yet unhired new attorney, "we'll have an active caseload of 20 or more." 