indigent

indigent (in-di-j[schwa]nt), n.

1. A poor person.

2. A person who is found to be financially unable to pay filing fees and court costs and so is allowed to proceed in forma pauperis. • The Supreme Court has recognized an indigent petitioner’s right to have certain fees and costs waived in divorce and termination-of-parental-rights cases. Boddie v. Connecticut, 401 U.S. 371, 91 S.Ct. 780 (1971); M.L.B. v. S.L.J., 519 U.S. 102, 117 S.Ct. 555 (1996). See PAUPER; IN FORMA PAUPERIS. — indigent, adj.

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