Project: Madison County - Supervised Visitation and Pro Se Legal Services

District Court of Madison County proposes to undertake a two-part program to include supervised visitation and neutral exchange site services for parties referred by the court and the development of pleading packets for use by pro se parties in custody/visitation cases.

The supervised visitation/neutral exchange site project will be coordinated with a wide range of community support organizations and provided through Family Services Center. The center estimates that, by using trained paraprofessional, it can provide between 300 and 500 hours of supervised visits under this grant program. The program will follow standards set forth by the Supervised Visitation Network. Family Services estimates that this program can be implement within three to four months of authorization. (Question: Should Both Parents resources be used for supervised visitation where the child(ren) is in foster care?)

The Legal Services of North Alabama proposes to aid non-custodial parents in completing and filing pro se petitions for requesting and enforcing visitation. Specifically, Legal Services proposed to prepare pleadings packet which can be provided to the pro se parties.

The program would be administrated by Judge Moquin. No funds have been requested for administration.

Budget: $20,000

Supervised Visitation $17,000 - 18,000

Contract for visitation supervision by trained paraprofessional at $25/hour.

Pro Se Visitation/Guardianship materials:

Contract with Legal Services Corporation $2,000 -
Development and reproduction of pleadings 3,000

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