When Family Court Happens to "Good" People: Good Litigants vs. Good Parents
Wanna know what "life" in Family Court is like, what it requires of you? Check this out.
It's about accidentally 'pocket dialing' your ex and what a 'bonanza' it can be for winning in court. It's profferred by HuffPo's 'divorce' vertical, a section I read faithfully and by which I am just as faithfully appalled:
"My client, Cindi, came in last week and told me that her ex-husband pocket dialed her when he was having an intense conversation with his new girlfriend about where they should live -- whether they would move in to her place or his, or somewhere neutral, as well as how they would deal with his kids (should they get a place with three bedrooms, for instance, so each of his sons could have their own room).
Rather than letting her ex know she was on the other end of the phone, she slyly listened to the entire conversation, hoping to hear something incriminating. Luckily for him, she didn't. Nor did she hear anything romantic, which might have been too much for her to bear.
One man told me he heard his ex-wife being abusive to their children and, while he wasn't able to use the information in court since he hadn't recorded it, he was able to use it as leverage with her. He let her know that he would be checking in with the kids about how often she was "losing it" with them and, if there was a next time, he would be recording the call."
I just wrote, and deleted, 500 hundred words about what a filth-fest the "successful" Family court litigant must so happily engage in. But if you needed that analysis....you're the good litigant and the bad parent.
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