What do you do when your child visited your spouse and your spouse refuses to return the child? The answer may not be as simple as you think. Most people instantly think they would call law enforcement and they would assist them to regain custody. That may happen if there is already a court order establishing ...
I've had a divorce trial that had about ten minutes of testimony, and then went into recess. That was in February. We're still haven't continued the trial (for a variety of complicated reasons). The reason that the trial was recessed in the first place was to establish paternity of the couple's chlid. That just goes to ...
Anyone who's ever seen a trial, even one on television or in a movie, has likely seen an attorney give an objection to "hearsay." Just what is hearsay? The legal definition of hearsay is "a statement, other than one made by the declarant while testifying at the trial or hearing, offered in evidence to prove ...
It's hard for attorneys to put ourselves in our clients' shoes sometimes. We're exposed to so much of the bad side of humanity that we become desensitized to it. That's a bad thing; it would be better if we could "re-sensitize" ourselves, but I don't know if that's even possible.Sometimes, the bad side ...
One of my favorite topics seems to be guardians ad litem. Probably because I have several cases in which I serve in that capacity. One of the things that has bothered me about that role is that the guardian ad litem is often called upon to form an opinion regarding a child's well ...