Assisted person

An assisted person has several meanings in law, referring generally to indigent people.

Under Great Britain statutory law, one who is eligible for Legal aid.[http://www.hrothgar.co.uk/YAWS/rules/part43.htm English legal web site] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221064001/http://www.hrothgar.co.uk/YAWS/rules/part43.htm |date=February 21, 2007 }}[http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1988/Ukpga_19880034_en_5.htm Legal Aid Act] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070518004854/http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1988/Ukpga_19880034_en_5.htm |date=May 18, 2007 }} It also refers to such a person under Scottish law.[http://www.jonathanmitchell.info/legalaid/chapter10.htm private law firm site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012184759/http://www.jonathanmitchell.info/legalaid/chapter10.htm |date=2007-10-12 }}, citing Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986.

Under U.S. Bankruptcy law, it is also a person who applies to a debt relief agency.{{UnitedStatesCode|11|526}} (a) [http://doney.net/bkcode/11usc0526.htm Bankruptcy law site] A debt relief agency is "any person who provides any bankruptcy assistance to an assisted person in return for the payment of money or other valuable consideration, or who is a bankruptcy petition preparer" under {{UnitedStatesCode|11|110}}. "The term 'assisted person' means any person whose debts consist primarily of consumer debts and the value of whose nonexempt property is less than $150,000." {{UnitedStatesCode|11|101}}(3).[http://bovitz-spitzer.com/debtreliefagency/debtreliefagencyoverview.htm Bovitz & Spitzer - a “debt relief agency” web site]. Debt relief agencies are subject to certain rules regarding information they must provide to an assisted person.Bovitz & Spitzer site, citing 11 U.S.C. § 526(a)(1); 11 U.S.C. § 526(a)(2); 11 U.S.C. § 526(a)(3)(A); 11 U.S.C. § 526(a)(3)(B); and 11 U.S.C. § 526(a)(4)."The Bankruptcy Code requires a debt relief agency to provide the information set forth in {{UnitedStatesCode|11|527}}," Id. See also [https://archive.today/20120714221428/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/?&db_id=cp105&r_n=hr540.105&sel=TOC_314755&]{{Dead link|date=June 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Dead link|date=June 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Dead link|date=August 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Library of Congress web site, quoting section {{UnitedStatesCode|11|111}}.]{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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