Attending the child support help program are (left to right) Judge Kathleen M. McCarthy of Third Circuit Court; attorney Lyn A. Yeager of Legal Aid and Defender Association; Zenell B. Brown, executive administrator of Third Circuit Court; and Chief Judge Robert J. Colombo Jr. of Third Circuit Court.
Photo by John Meiu
The Salvation Army William Booth Legal Clinic and Legal Aid and Defender Association, Inc. (LAD) conducted a child support help program on Saturday, April 26 at Detroit Public Library, 5201 Woodward Ave.
Participants could learn how to check their child support accounts on line, seek appropriate child support reductions and modifications, and consult with volunteer attorneys.
The program was one of a series of “Everyday Legal Issues Seminars” supported by various community agencies, including Wayne County Head Start, JVS Jewish Vocational Services, Detroit Head Start Fatherhood Initiative, Wayne County Friend of the Court, Abundant Children & Family Services Agency, Wayne County Mediation Center and Wayne County Community College District.
Among the attendees were Robert J. Colombo Jr., chief judge of Wayne County’s Third Circuit Court; Kathleen M. McCarthy, presiding judge of the court’s Family Division; and Lyn A. Yeager, an attorney with LAD’s Civil Law Group who specializes in family law.
“The program makes people understand it’s important for them to pay child support,” Colombo said. “Children need to know they’re being supported. It makes a big difference in their lives.”
“We have a huge number of pro se litigants in Wayne County,” McCarthy said. “The program gives them an opportunity to view their child support accounts and get advice from pro bono attorneys.”
“The program is one way of getting needed information to citizens expeditiously,” Yeager said.
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