Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Florida

Can a church that is incorporated file an injunction without an attorney? We are a small church with limited funds that have been trying to work with our city code enforcement agency in order to try and save our church building and the remaining homes. This community has international historical significance but this consideration seems to be falling on deaf ears in our city.

At this point, the code enforcement agency has advised that they are going forward with demolition plans. We have been unsuccessful with meetings with the enforcement officer, the supervising area and at the magistrate hearings. They seem to only really listen to the enforcement officer�s comments and leave us feeling ignored. We can�t seem to get explanations of why our efforts and interaction with them are not documented and taken into consideration. The code enforcement information makes it appear that they provided us notification but we have not responded or made any corrections when this is not true. We want to file an injunction or something in order to get an unbiased entity to look at our case. We have been advised that because we are incorporated, we cannot file without legal counsel. Finding legal counsel in Jacksonville, Florida is difficult when funds are limited and there are powerful organizations trying to weaken us down so that they can take the acreage.

What would be our recourse in this type of situation? Are there other options besides an injunction and unsuccessful appeals to the city?

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