Rich v. Acrivos

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that “any layperson choosing to represent himself in a legal proceeding must, to some reasonable extent, assume the risk that his lack of expertise and legal training will prove his undoing.”
• stating that we may liberally construe filings by pro se parties
• affirming trial court’s decision to deny husband court-appointed attorney in divorce proceedings
• “The law is well settled that there is no right to counsel in civil cases.”
• “As difficult as it may be, [Husband] needs to accept the fact that his marriage ended in divorce, stop his relentless pursuit of his ex-wife and move forward with his life.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).