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Risks of representing yourself The biggest risk is that you lose your case because (1) you are unable to follow all the required procedures to bring your case to trial so your case is dismissed, or (2) once you get to trial, you cannot meet all the technical requirements to prove your case.

Page 2. 2. INTRODUCTION. This Handbook is designed to help people with filing civil lawsuits in federal court without legal representation. Proceeding without a lawyer is called proceeding “pro se,” a Latin phrase meaning “for oneself.” Representing yourself in a lawsuit can be complicated, time consuming, and costly.

Self-Represented Litigant: A person (party) who advocates on his or her own behalf before a court, rather than being represented by an attorney.

In Louisiana, any assets that you will acquire during the subsistence of marriage is considered community property unless otherwise classified as separate property. Under this system, both spouses are entitled to equal share(50-50) of the interest in all assets acquired during marriage.

The court decides the division of marital assets based upon equitable distribution. That includes the marital home and any other marital assets and liabilities. They look at the financial position of each party, the length of the marriage, etc. The letter could be helpful to show your intent to equally split the house.

Louisiana Revised Statute 01 states that the Court will divide all of the community assets and liabilities and assign them to each spouse so that each spouse receives property of an equal net value.

In Louisiana, there is a presumption that property owned by a married person is classified as community property, with some exceptions. Gifts or inheritances that were specifically given to only one spouse are considered separate property.

And when a couple gets divorced in Louisiana, the judge will divide their community property equally, unless the spouses have agreed to a different way of splitting up their assets and debts. But each spouse will keep their own separate property.

The community property comprises: property acquired during the existence of the legal regime through the effort, skill, or industry of either spouse; property acquired with community things or with community and separate things, unless classified as separate property under Article 2341; property donated to the spouses ...