Onsite programs like the WFJC offer one solution and serves as a model for the state's other courts. Open between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. We will be closed in December. An average of 12 people are seen on a daily basis during that one hour. The numbers are increasing, however, and on occasion, people have to be turned away due to time limitations.
Facilitators provide legal information regarding a wide variety of family law matters.
Facilitators are not to provide legal advice. In cases of divorce or paternity, the pro bono assistants provide the card of the Wisconsin Legal Blank Co. so that they may purchase the forms. No advice is given regarding complex matters. People are referred to the Wisconsin and Milwaukee's Bar Associations' Lawyer Referrals and to the private bar if they need representation. An attorney-client relationship must exist to satisfy one of the elements of a malpractice claim.