Click here to contact key Topics employees. Reproduction without permission is prohibited. Like most anyone with two ex-husbands and three children to raise, Connie Scott has been to court a number of times. An attorney could help navigate her through the numerous civil court filings and hearings. But the Home Place resident can barely find two nickels to rub together.
Some people have the false notion that no underprivileged people live in Hamilton County.
Yet, the Legal Services Organization of Indiana provided legal aid to almost 200 Hamilton County residents in 1999. Scott is like many people. If she committed a crime, the county would have to pay for an attorney to defend her in court. But finding an attorney for civil matters has become increasingly difficult. I would do the footwork for them.