Indigent definition

Indigent means a person who is not financially able to employ counsel.
Indigent means a person who, at any stage of a court proceeding, is:
Indigent means a person who, at any stage of a court

Examples of Indigent in a sentence

  • Indigent parents held in contempt and incarcerated for willful vio- lations of child support orders brought action against various state officials, and requested certification of class based on allegations they were denied appointed counsel in contempt hearings that led to their incarceration, even though State was represented by counsel at hearings.

  • O305 Indigent parents’ unsupported allegation that there was policy of denying counsel to parents at civil contempt hearings for willful violations of child support orders prior to their incarceration did not warrant injunctive or declaratory relief, as required for certifi- cation of class in action against various gov- ernment officials, especially where none of parents ever requested counsel prior to their hearings and had requests denied.

  • Indigent Federal prisoners shall not be denied medical evaluation and treatment for failure to provide a co-payment.

  • Indigent Offenders shall be provided with supplies for correspondence for up to the price of twenty (20) one ounce first class letters per month.


More Definitions of Indigent

Indigent means any person who is financially unable to obtain counsel or other necessary expert or professional services without causing substantial hardship to the person or his or her family.
Indigent means a person with an income that is below two hundred percent of the federal poverty level as defined by the most recently revised poverty income guidelines published by the United States department of health and human services.
Indigent means that a person's income falls below the federal poverty
Indigent means a person who is unable to pay for the services of an attorney, including costs of investigation, without substantial hardship to the person or the person’s family; “partially indigent” shall mean a person unable to pay more than a portion of the fee charged by an attorney, including costs of investigation, without substantial hardship to the person or the person’s family.
Indigent means any household or category of households, including a child headed household, earning a combined gross income, as determined by the municipality annually in terms of a social and economic analysis of its area, which qualifies for rebates/remissions, support or a services subsidy; provided that child support grants are not included when calculating such household income;
Indigent means any household or category of households, including a child headed household, earning a combined gross income, as determined by the municipality annually in terms of a social and economic analysis of its area, as vested in the municipal policy, which qualifies for rebates or remissions, support or a services subsidy, provided that child support grant is not included when calculating such household income;
Indigent means debtors who are poor private residential households as defined by the municipality’s policy on free basic services and indigent support.