Update: The court order
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Originally Posted by ladyscribbler 
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It's weird, but I sort of felt sorry for his lawyer. There were a couple of times that I found myself wanting to offer him a cyanide pill just to put him out of his misery. Oh well, he gets paid either way.
It's weird, but I sort of felt sorry for his lawyer. There were a couple of times that I found myself wanting to offer him a cyanide pill just to put him out of his misery. Oh well, he gets paid either way.
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Originally Posted by amy55
I so understand this. I even send my ex's attorney Christmas Cards. (lol)
"Condolences on representing a delusional lunatic, hope the check doesn't bounce."
If they ever drag me back to court again I think I'll buy his lawyer a t-shirt as a consolation prize.
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Originally Posted by ladyscribbler
Does Hallmark make a card for that?
"Condolences on representing a delusional lunatic, hope the check doesn't bounce."
If they ever drag me back to court again I think I'll buy his lawyer a t-shirt as a consolation prize.
"Condolences on representing a delusional lunatic, hope the check doesn't bounce."
If they ever drag me back to court again I think I'll buy his lawyer a t-shirt as a consolation prize.
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Hey, lady,
I was traveling for a training when this came through (I hate trying to type on an iPad), and I was doing the happy-dance for you up in Vermont! WTG!!!
It's so funny you're talking about the lawyer, I was just commenting to someone at work the other day that I felt embarrassed for the defense attorney who made some ridiculous argument in some case we were discussing. Sometimes you KNOW they are simply grasping at straws--they don't have a good argument to make so they pull one out of thin air that makes everybody go, "WTF???"
It's actually one of the things I loved about being a prosecutor. If you didn't have a leg to stand on, you're pretty much obligated not to make stupid arguments for the sake of making an argument. I know there were times I wasn't allowed to concede a point, and I got very good at going through the motions in a way that didn't suggest my lame-ass argument should be bought. It's one of the few areas of the law where you really do get to do what appears to be the right thing all the time.
Anyway, great job, and kudos to your lawyer and the judge, too.
I was traveling for a training when this came through (I hate trying to type on an iPad), and I was doing the happy-dance for you up in Vermont! WTG!!!
It's so funny you're talking about the lawyer, I was just commenting to someone at work the other day that I felt embarrassed for the defense attorney who made some ridiculous argument in some case we were discussing. Sometimes you KNOW they are simply grasping at straws--they don't have a good argument to make so they pull one out of thin air that makes everybody go, "WTF???"
It's actually one of the things I loved about being a prosecutor. If you didn't have a leg to stand on, you're pretty much obligated not to make stupid arguments for the sake of making an argument. I know there were times I wasn't allowed to concede a point, and I got very good at going through the motions in a way that didn't suggest my lame-ass argument should be bought. It's one of the few areas of the law where you really do get to do what appears to be the right thing all the time.
Anyway, great job, and kudos to your lawyer and the judge, too.
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Thanks everyone. The good news keeps on rolling in. I got my printed copy today, and there's a supplemental sealed order detailing my testimony which my ex has to show to the party performing his substance abuse evaluation because "the court is aware that substance abuse evaluations are often self-reported."
Special mention was also made of my journals and the details contained therein.
Special mention was also made of my journals and the details contained therein.
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Originally Posted by ladyscribbler
Thanks everyone. The good news keeps on rolling in. I got my printed copy today, and there's a supplemental sealed order detailing my testimony which my ex has to show to the party performing his substance abuse evaluation because "the court is aware that substance abuse evaluations are often self-reported."
Special mention was also made of my journals and the details contained therein.
Special mention was also made of my journals and the details contained therein.
And really, you should have been able to just point & say 2 words to describe the mentality you are dealing with..... "Aunt-Wife" I rest my case, Your Honor.
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And really, you should have been able to just point & say 2 words to describe the mentality you are dealing with..... "Aunt-Wife" I rest my case, Your Honor
This should be a whole new thread - what 2 words would win your divorce / custody / property hearing with your XA?
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Well Aunt Wife was at the top, but Out House probably would have worked too.
Or maybe Stepdaughter-Cousins.
Ugh. Does anyone else hear banjo music playing?
And both of them truly seemed to believe that him being married to her was going to make him look really stable and responsible. They spent a lot of time rubbing it in my face that no judge in the world was going to deny him visitation or put any restrictions because "he's married now."
I'm pretty sure that only works if you DON'T marry someone you met at a family reunion when you were 9.
If anyone here invents brain bleach please PM me ASAP. I will pay top dollar to have those images removed from my brain.
Or maybe Stepdaughter-Cousins.
Ugh. Does anyone else hear banjo music playing?
And both of them truly seemed to believe that him being married to her was going to make him look really stable and responsible. They spent a lot of time rubbing it in my face that no judge in the world was going to deny him visitation or put any restrictions because "he's married now."
I'm pretty sure that only works if you DON'T marry someone you met at a family reunion when you were 9.
If anyone here invents brain bleach please PM me ASAP. I will pay top dollar to have those images removed from my brain.
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Don't feel bad - RAH has some questionable branches on the family tree too. He has 3 aunts (all sisters) that all dated and/or were married to the same man at one time or another. (Gotta love these incestual family musical groups, omg) He has cousins that are cousin/sisters and cousin/brothers to each other & then other cousins that show up for family events that we're not actually related to because it's cousin-sister's cousin on the "other side". What?
Not to mention the step-half nightmare on his mother's side. Talk about some very WIDE branching family trees, in 20+ yrs I still don't care to figure it all out.... it hurts my head.
Not to mention the step-half nightmare on his mother's side. Talk about some very WIDE branching family trees, in 20+ yrs I still don't care to figure it all out.... it hurts my head.
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Lady-great news!!!!!!!! Again!!! Couldn't be happier for you. I guess it's time he puts on his big boy pants-or his Aunt Wife can do that for him? Ugh-so sick. Glad you fought for your kiddo. Btw-if you don't call Hallmark and tell them your card idea, I'm all over it. honestly-very happy for you.
honestly-very happy for you.
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