Fiscal Note

HB 86 — Fiscal Note/Fee Impact

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Mentions of “LEGAL SERVICES” — 10 found on pages 1

… or Children, Youth & Their Families custody proceedings. It provides that the Family Court (FC) refer a parent to a legal services entity contracted by the Court or to the Office of Defense Services (ODS) for an indigency determination and appointm …

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… Office of Defense Services (ODS) for an indigency determination and appointment of an attorney. It is assumed that a legal services entity would represent the primary parent. For the secondary parent, representation would be provided by the Office …

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… ulti-year transition period is assumed to allow for the completion of existing cases and time for both the contracted legal services entity and the ODS to start recruitment efforts and train and develop new units to handle eligible cases. 4. The res …

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… to handle eligible cases. 4. The results of an executed contract(s) for legal counsel for eligible individuals from a legal services entity are uncertain. Using an average of $2,000 per case and the estimated annual caseload of 1,000 cases, a yearl …

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… (s) for this program could be approximately $2,024,160 upon full implementation. a. It is assumed that the estimated legal services contract cost will be phased in over three to four years to allow for the gradual transition and startup of this prog …

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… cost will be phased in over three to four years to allow for the gradual transition and startup of this program to a legal services entity and allow the legal services entity to be able to staff its unit. Therefore, year one costs are estimated at …

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… four years to allow for the gradual transition and startup of this program to a legal services entity and allow the legal services entity to be able to staff its unit. Therefore, year one costs are estimated at $400,000, year two costs are estimate …

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… $2,024,160. b. The Court will be able to repurpose existing funding of $700,000 to support costs for the estimated legal services contract. However, the Court may need to continue to use its existing resources for contractual attorneys until an ag …

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