So we’re in court this morning for domestic violence cases, and the judge has about seventeen cases waiting –a pretty stellar number. Usually there’s six or eight. Everyone’s a little twitchy and not looking forward to three hours of “he said, she said” sad stories. So he starts at the top of the list and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘lawyer’
21 May
You should know this! First aid for seizures
At a support hearing the other day, I represented a client who couldn’t work because she had seizures. We talked about the situation for half an hour or so, her journey to be certified unable to work or drive or do many things because of the seizures, which tended to come on under stress. Then [...]
9 Feb
Happy endings
Often in domestic violence cases, we find that when an abuser starts losing control of the victim, and the victim becomes a survivor and moves out on their own, then the abuser goes after what hurts that survivor most. Usually that’s the children. I have a dozen cases in my files where mothers have lost [...]
28 Oct
Why the drama, mamma?
As a family law attorney, I know that I’m going to be dealing with people’s emotional issues. After all, when these people come to see me, usually their lives are in turmoil. They may be newly separated. They may be struggling with financial stability. Parents living in two different homes may be battling over children [...]
22 Nov
Justice: by the law or by the heart?
When you have brought up kids, there are memories you store directly in your tear ducts. .. Robert Brault I’ve debated how to write this post for several days, and it’s been difficult. My role as attorney at law is to uphold the law. Most of the time, that also means to pursue justice. Sometimes [...]
8 Aug
When a parent’s not a parent
There may be some doubt as to who are the best people to have charge of children, but there can be no doubt that parents are the worst. ~George Bernard Shaw This month I’ve got a whole run of cases where a parent’s rights may be involuntarily terminated. The purpose of the termination is to [...]
13 Jun
Can a story make a difference?
This week my second Cup of Comfort story came out in the book A Cup of Comfort for the Adoptive Family. In the story, I share the reason I finally went ahead and adopted the Cabana Boy’s three small children, knowing then that they had lifetime issues. Reading through some of the other stories in [...]
15 Mar
Tag–you’re it!
Every once in awhile, when I’m examining this blog, to see what I have to offer, to determine what else I could add to make the site more useful, I read over my tag cloud. I know that WordPress assigns the size of the words depending on how often you use the tags. So clearly [...]
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