No need to apply for direct fee reduction. Shanghai legal aid recipients can do notarization | fees | legal aid
Recently, the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Justice issued a policy of benefiting the people by reducing and exempting notarization fees for legal aid recipients. When legal aid recipients and their case related matters are notarized by various notary institutions in Shanghai, they do not need to apply to legal aid institutions or notary institutions again, nor do they need to repeatedly submit proof materials. The notary institutions can directly implement the reduction and exemption policy, further reducing the litigation costs of legal aid recipients.
This is another measure that benefits the people, following the reduction and exemption of judicial appraisal fees for legal aid recipients. Recently, the first batch of recipients benefited from this policy.
In 2019, Xiaozhang joined a certain company and sometimes worked overtime, but the company did not pay the overtime pay on time and in full. Recently, the company requested Xiaozhang to take a vacation and reduce his salary due to poor management. In August 2023, Xiaozhang came to the Yangpu District Legal Aid Center to apply for professional legal aid in labor arbitration.
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Xiao Zhang stated that his overtime hours and other evidence are recorded in the attendance software and need to be viewed through personal account and password login. After a labor dispute with the company, he is very concerned that the company will cancel the relevant account, which will lead to the loss of evidence of overtime information. The staff of the center informed Zhang that according to Article 31 and Article 53 of the Legal Aid Law, as well as the recent policy of benefiting the people issued by the Shanghai Judicial Bureau, Zhang meets the conditions for legal aid and can undergo relevant notarization and enjoy fee reduction.
After receiving the guidance transmission form issued by the Yangpu District Legal Aid Center, the Yangpu Notary Office promptly reviewed and determined that Xiaozhang's situation met the requirement of "enjoying without application". As soon as possible, it processed evidence preservation notarization for him and issued a notarized document the next day. At present, the case has been submitted to the Labor Arbitration Commission for arbitration by a legal aid lawyer, and the trial of the case is currently underway.
At the same time, Xiaochen, a minor living in Changning District, as the recipient of Shanghai's first probate guardianship case, also enjoys the "no application, no enjoyment" service of reducing the deposit notarization fee.
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Xiao Chen's family is facing financial difficulties, with his mother passing away and his father suffering from mental illness, making it difficult to provide effective guardianship for minors. In order to ensure that Xiaochen can study and live normally, Xiaochen's aunt applied to the court to confirm the termination of Xiaochen's guardianship relationship with his biological father, who will serve as Xiaochen's guardian. The Changning District Legal Aid Center provided legal aid to Xiao Chen, and legal aid lawyer Wu Fang learned through a visit and investigation that Xiao Chen did not have any other close relatives who were suitable for being appointed as guardians. Only his aunt took meticulous care of the mother and son when Xiao Chen's mother fell ill, making him the best choice for guardianship at present.
During the process of handling the case, the Changning District Legal Aid Center and aid lawyers learned that the recipient had a need for property supervision and proactively informed them that they could apply for deposit notarization. So on August 23rd, the Changning Notary Office processed a deposit notarization for Xiao Chen and his aunt free of charge. The Changning Notary Office has provided free deposit and notarization services for Xiao Chen and his aunt. If there is a need for large expenses such as medical treatment, the aunt must apply to the neighborhood committee and obtain the money with the neighborhood committee's seal.
After the trial of this case, the judge pronounced in court that the guardianship relationship between father Chen and Xiao Chen was terminated, and his aunt was designated as Xiao Chen's guardian. During Aunt Xiaochen's tenure as a guardian, the neighborhood committee had the responsibility of guidance, assistance, and supervision. At the same time, the Changning Notary Office, as a third party, carried out third-party supervision and protection of the property involved.
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It is understood that the reduction and exemption of notarization fees is applicable to legal aid recipients who have been approved by legal aid institutions at the city and district levels in this city. In the process of handling aid cases, necessary notarization matters for the case must be covered and meet the scope of notarization fee reduction and exemption. The scope of matters for enjoying the reduction and exemption of notarization fees includes: proving contracts and agreements; Prove civil agreements such as support agreements, support agreements, and agreements for changing custody rights; Depository notarization; Granting compulsory enforcement effect to debt instruments; Evidence preservation.