Bartlett v. Kitchin

Petitioner, desiring to obtain a divorce from bis wife, has instituted this proceeding to require the St. Lawrence County Department of Social Services to furnish him counsel, or in the alternative, to pay the fee of counsel for the petitioner of his own choosing.

The petitioner shows that he is a recipient of public assistance in St. Lawrence County which is his sole income for support of himself and two minor children residing with him. In addition, ■the petitioner sufficiently alleges grounds for divorce from his wife, who may now be residing in South Carolina.

The allegations that…