Legal Opinion
Borden v. Borden
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 5, 1971No. 5417PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KERN, Associate Judge:
The issue presented by this appeal is whether it was error for the trial judge sitting in the Domestic Relations Branch of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions to refuse to vacate his order assigning an attorney employed by the Neighborhood Legal Services Program (NLSP) to represent the defendant in this action, when the plaintiff was already represented by an NLSP lawyer.
On September 22, 1969, appellant Helen Borden filled a complaint seeking a divorce from appellee George Borden on the ground of adultery. On April 2, 1970, appellant, represented by an…
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