Lisa Lokken
Utah Legal Services was contacted by a Legal Services organization in Pennsylvania asking if we could find local counsel to help with a contested adoption case. The attorney in Pennsylvania was representing the birth mother. The adoption agency in Utah had not followed Pennsylvania law and had illegally taken the child to Utah. A case was pending in Utah and required an attorney to let the Utah Court know of the Pennsylvania matter. This was not the sort of case a low income single mother of three could afford to handle as a pro se litigant. In fact, she could barely get enough money together to travel the distance for the hearing.
Much to the relief of the birth mother and her family, as well as the Pennsylvania Legal Services attorney, Lisa Lokken accepted this difficult case, on a pro bono basis. Ms. Lokken has already spent well over 300 hours briefing and arguing the issues. We are waiting for a final decision.
Much to the relief of the birth mother and her family, as well as the Pennsylvania Legal Services attorney, Lisa Lokken accepted this difficult case, on a pro bono basis. Ms. Lokken has already spent well over 300 hours briefing and arguing the issues. We are waiting for a final decision.
