Tolson v. Lane

CLAYTON, Justice.

This case presents the issue of whether a prospective litigant in the courts of this Commonwealth must demonstrate that she is totally without relatives and friends willing to assist her financially before she will be allowed to maintain a suit in forma pauperis under KRS 453.190. Particularly implicated is the decision of this court in Braden v. Commonwealth, Ky., 277 S.W.2d 7 (1955).

On June 10, 1977, the appellant, Mae W. Tolson, filed a motion in the Menifee Circuit Court seeking leave to proceed in for-ma pauperis in an action for dissolution of marriage. Accompanying the…