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Legal Aid
If you are granted legal aid and the result is you now have assets {ie in a divorce settlement] is it free ?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Legal aid is often in effect a loan. If you gain any benefit (such as rights to a house, or a financial improvement) as a result of the Court case which is legally aided then you have to pay back the legal aid money out of the proceeds. Sometimes this is done by putting a charge on the house so the payment is made when it is eventually sold.
As eddie says legal aid is not usually necessary in divorce, certainly not in an undefended divorce, it is simply not needed, in a defended divorce it can be given if the correct conditions apply, but today it is unusual to have a defended divorce.
If legal aid were to be given and your financial circumstances improved you may very well be expected to make a repayment depending on the circumstances.
If legal aid were to be given and your financial circumstances improved you may very well be expected to make a repayment depending on the circumstances.