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.[1][2] It also refers to such a person under Scottish law.[3]

Under U.S. Bankruptcy law, it is also a person who applies to a debt relief agency.[4] 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 11 U.S.C. § 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." 11 U.S.C. § 101(3).[5] Debt relief agencies are subject to certain rules regarding information they must provide to an assisted person.[6][7][8]

The American Bar Association has an article on this topic:ABA web site

References
  1. English legal web site Archived February 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Legal Aid Act Archived May 18, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. private law firm site, citing Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986.
  4. 11 U.S.C. § 526 (a) Bankruptcy law site
  5. Bovitz & Spitzer - a “debt relief agency” web site.
  6. 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).
  7. "The Bankruptcy Code requires a debt relief agency to provide the information set forth in 11 U.S.C. § 527," Id.
  8. See also Library of Congress web site, quoting section 11 U.S.C. § 111.
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