The Criteria of a Person's Asset, which Grants Legal Aid Guaranteed by the State on Cases of Law of Civil Procedure

Legal aid provided by the state to the needy people is envisaged in laws and the means of fulfilling this aid, and the making of ways, investigating and deciding on cases of law of civil procedure, unavoidably becomes the positive responsibility of every democratic state. The granting of such aid is one of the guarantees, that ensures and implements the constitutional law of going to court, and helping the poor, the unable ones, to pay private lawyers for the granted aid, defending their rights, and the interests kept by law. This article unfolds the level of a person's asset, which grants people to use legal aid guaranteed by the state, the theoretical and practical problems of Lithuania, figures and evalua- tions of the set state of a person's assets to be granted legal aid by the state are shown, the adequacy of the criteria, ensuring the accessibility of it. The role of the court is discussing, when deciding on questions of the granting of legal aid by the state. Also this article contains propositions about extra criteria, determining the evaluation of the level of a person's asset, when deciding on the granting of such aid, and changes in the code of civil procedure.