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A Judge's Guide To Divorce
Uncommon Advice From the Bench
A Judge's Guide To Divorce
Uncommon Advice From the Bench
Roderic Duncan, Judge
February 2007, 1st Edition
The inside scoop on divorce, from the judge who's seen it all!
"Whatever you do, try to keep your case out of divorce court." These key words set the stage for A Judge's Guide to Divorce, which exposes a system in which everyone loses -- especially the kids.
Fortunately, there's hope: A Judge's Guide to Divorce shows you how to reach your own agreements outside the courtroom, in the most civil manner possible. But if court is unavoidable, this book will help you at every step. Find out about:
- the alternatives to divorce court
- courtroom etiquette
- how and where to get legal help
- dividing property fairly
- determining alimony and child support
- settling custody and visitation issues
- enforcing court orders
- getting on with your life
Plus, listen to an interview with Judge Duncan and audio scenarios that can help you get through divorce without court.
(Note: Audio files are not included with the eBook)
A Judge's Guide to Divorce delivers straight talk from someone who has witnessed the war zone of divorce court firsthand. Find out how to avoid it -- and what to do if you can't.
"Highly recommended for all couples contemplating divorce..." - Judith Wallerstein, phD Author of What About the Kids? Raising your Children Before, During, and After Divorce
"Anyone who is even thinking about a divorce should read Judge Duncan's book." - Prof. Herma Hill Kay, Co-Author of Divorce Reform at the Crossroads
"Judge Duncan brings enormous experience, candor and wisdom to his theme—no one should let a judge make decisions during a divorce unless there is absolutely no better alternative..." - Attorney Pauline H. Tesler, Co-Author of Collaborative Divorce
Portions of this book have been adapted for the web on DivorceNet.com. See Divorce Advice from the Judge for a preview.
Roderic Duncan
Roderic Duncan was appointed to the California Municipal Court in 1975, and he was elected to the California Superior Court bench in 1987. Over the years, he has been a lecturer and faculty member at two dozen educational programs for judges. In 1990, he was chosen the Judicial Officer of the Year by the California State Bar, Family Law Section. Since retiring from the bench in 1995, he has been doing private judging and mediation.
How to Use This Book
1. Stay Out of Divorce Court If You Can
- A Look Inside the System
- Why Divorces Don't Belong in Court
2. Consider Alternatives to Divorce Court
- Advantages to the Alternatives
- When Alternative Methods May Not Work
- A Look at the Alternatives
3. If You Must Go to Court, Follow These Tips
- Different Scenarios: Motions and Trials
- Tips on Making a Courtroom Presentation
4. Don't Get Hung Up on Fairness
- Why Divorce Courts Are Sometimes Unfair
- Judges' Subjectivity
- Structure of the Legal System
5. Know How and Where to Get Legal Help
- Deciding Whether to Go It Alone
- Legal Help Other Than Lawyers
- Hiring a Lawyer
- Doing Your Own Legal Research
6. When Dividing Your Property, Don't Hide the Ball
- The High Cost of Hiding the Ball
- Laws on Dividing Property
- Dividing Your Own Property
- Putting It in Writing
7. Don't Waste Time Fighting Alimony
- Attitudes That Hurt
- Keeping Up With the Times
- The High Cost of Going to Trial
- The Alimony Amount
- Waiving Alimony
- Length of Time for Payments
- The Most Controversial Factor: Fault
- State Law Differences
- Modifying Alimony
- Enforcing Alimony Awards
8. Know What to Expect in Child Support
- The Changing Child Support System
- Determining Child Support
- What to Do When Circumstances Change
9. Settle Child Custody and Visitation Issues Sanely
- When Good Parents Do Bad Things
- The Child Issues: Time and Money
- Dealing With Disagreements
- Who Decides: You or the Judge?
- Custody Plan Basics
10. Enforce Orders and Deal With Violence Legally
- Enforcing Court Orders
- Remedies for Violations
- Dealing With Domestic Violence
11. Get On With Your Life
- Taking Care of Yourself
- Getting On With Your Life
Chapter 1
Stay Out of Divorce Court If You Can
A Look Inside the System.............................................................. 6
Why Divorces Don't Belong in Court............................................. 9
High Costs................................................................................ 10
Antagonism and Angst............................................................. 11
Harm to Children...................................................................... 11
Long Delays............................................................................. 13
Overloaded Calendars............................................................. 15
Wrong Decisions...................................................................... 17
Lying Witnesses....................................................................... 19
Disgruntled Judges.................................................................. 21
nless you're very lucky, you probably won't be able to totally avoid having to go into divorce court in the process of getting divorced, but you should do your best to make as little contact as possible with this jungle of bickering people, long delays, and harried and sometimes uninterested judges. This may sound like strange advice coming from a judge who happily spent most of his judicial career sitting behind the bench in a divorce court, but it is the best advice I can give you. I loved the work, but saw over and over again that the system stinks. Whatever you do, try to keep your divorce out of divorce court.
Later chapters of this book offer lots of advice about how you can keep your divorce out of divorce court. This one explains why.
A Look Inside the System
Divorce courts operate with the same basic rules used by the courts that deal with car accidents, disputes between giant corporations, and criminal charges from petty theft to murder. Unfortunately, these rules do not work well in solving the disputes that arise in the process of ending a marriage.
In most states, divorce courts are a branch of the local trial court—called the Circuit, Superior, or District Court. In Delaware, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Vermont, these courts are entirely separate from the rest of the court system and are called Family Courts or something similar. Regardless of how they are labeled, the operating and procedural rules in these courts are the backbone of what is called "the adversary system." It is built on the ancient British practice of having lawyers representing each side of a case fight as hard as they can to defeat their opponents at a trial. The theory is that after hearing the evidence and argument from these lawyers, a neutral judge or jury will figure out who is telling the truth and reach a just decision as to which side wins.
Matters such as divorces were handled in merry olde England by officials known as chancellors in courts that were connected to the church. Juries were not used in these Chancery Courts—and to this day, juries are almost never used in United States divorce courts. Texas is an exception. But even there, jury trials are used only occasionally in divorces. More often then not, a Texas lawyer will use the threat of demanding a jury trial as part of an elaborate game of Chicken, as in: "If you don't agree to lower your claim for alimony, I'm going to insist that this case be decided by a jury."
In all states, especially in cases that involve big bucks, each side will normally spend months getting prepared for the trial. The lawyers will investigate the facts, take depositions of important witnesses, and subpoena records from banks, employers, and any other source they believe has relevant evidence. They may prepare charts and elaborate electronic presentations to illustrate their arguments. They skirmish in pretrial hearings to exclude harmful evidence and to narrow the issues that can be considered in court. All of this is in preparation for a trial that—if it occurs at all—will usually take place at least a year or two after the case was filed.
This is the way disputes that land in American courts are resolved. You can see dramatizations of these courtroom battles on television. One channel even devotes much of its time presenting scenes from splashy trials all day, every day. The system actually works relatively well to resolve a legal situation that doesn't involve divorce—such as a murder case, a major car accident, or a claim of medical malpractice. And if the stakes are high and the winner is going to be determined in a trial lasting days or weeks before a jury, the need for all of that painstaking preparation is understandable.
A Glossary of Divorce Jargon
Each state has its own rules spelling out the procedures to obtain a divorce. Here is a brief description of the terms you're likely to encounter in connection with divorce—and the legalities generally involved in each one.
Default divorce. One of the spouses prepares the papers for a standard divorce and gets a summons issued by the court. The other spouse is served with these papers, which specify that he or she has a certain number of days—usually 30—to have a voice in the terms of the divorce by filing an answer. If no response is filed within the time allotted, the spouse who originally filed asks the court to declare a default. If the court clerk finds everything in order, the default is entered and the divorce is granted. In some states, the whole process can occur without a personal court appearance by either of the people being divorced. A judge will normally review the divorce provisions to make sure they appear to be fair. Some people who have reached a total agreement and really trust their spouses use this method to avoid paying a second filing fee and to get the divorce processed quickly.
Legal separation. This is an alternative to divorce that is usually used, by people who have religious restrictions on divorce or financial advantages to remaining legally married. Like a standard divorce, it has provisions for support, child custody, and division of the couple's property; however, the parties remain legally married. In New York, filing a legal separation agreement can be the first step in obtaining a divorce a year later, without a showing that either spouse is at fault for causing the divorce.
Simplified, summary, or expedited divorce. Some states have streamlined procedures that go by one of these titles. They require special forms and are frequently limited to cases in which couples have been married for less than five years, have no children, own no real estate, and where neither is asking for support from the other. There are often additional requirements, which vary from state to state.
Uncontested divorce. One of the spouses files the necessary papers for a standard divorce, the other files the required answer—and then the parties present the court with a written settlement agreement including the terms for support, child custody, and division of their property. The package is presented to the court, reviewed by a judge and the divorce is granted, often without either of the parties having to appear in court. Some states have a similar provision that allows the parties to file a joint petition for divorce.
Why Divorces Don't Belong in Court
Unfortunately, the traditional adversary system works very poorly when the issue before the court is the breakup of a family. In such cases, hours spent preparing for trial and parading witnesses on and off the stand could be spent much more productively if the people involved would calmly discuss and settle the issues somewhere other than a courtroom.
But once divorce lawyers have taken a case into court, they are required to rely upon the historical underpinnings of the adversary system, and normally have little choice but to follow the same procedures as business and criminal lawyers in getting ready for their trials.
They sometimes have the family's children studied by experts to determine how much time should be spent with each of the parents. They may also enlist accountants to examine the couple's assets and appraisers to evaluate the family business, home, and vehicles. They often take the depositions of these experts and question each of the spouses under oath in front of a court reporter about their income, what it costs to keep the household running for an average month, and many other personal subjects. They try to develop facts that show that one of the spouses is inept as a parent—or, if that fails, how flawed he or she is as a person. Sometimes they hire a private detective to follow one of the parties in the hope of garnering information about damning conduct.
Then, a year or so after filing a case, the lawyers on both sides will organize their anticipated trial presentations. They may have been discussing settlement for some time, but as their trial date approaches, the intensity of settlement negotiations increase.
In more than nine out of ten cases, a settlement is reached before the day of trial. And in an amazing number of cases, the settlement is reached only a few days or hours before the trial is scheduled to begin. Settlement often comes in an exchange of letters or telephone calls between the lawyers. Other times, it will come as a result of a meeting among the lawyers and their clients in a conference room. Many settlements occur in a judge's chambers—a fancy English name for an office, usually with a private bathroom, next to the courtroom—at a settlement conference scheduled by the court just before the trial date. But the bottom line is that almost all cases wind up settling, not actually going to trial.
Most divorcing couples could avoid all of this legal wrangling and get on with their lives much more quickly and inexpensively by settling their disputes somewhere other than in a courtroom.
And you probably won't be surprised to learn that the divorce courts are riddled with a number of additional drawbacks—from high costs to disgruntled judges—that underscore why they are unfitting places to end a marriage.
High Costs
Lawyers, accountants, and child custody evaluators often will spend a ton of the divorcing couple's money preparing for a trial that is highly unlikely to occur.
Of course, a lawyer who relied upon a settlement that didn't occur and then was forced to go to trial unprepared would do his or her client a great disservice. So, months before trial, many lawyers will describe the legal situation for their clients in a speech that goes something like this: "This is not an easy case and if you want to increase our chances of winning, I am going to need to hire several expert witnesses to go over your finances and your spouse's finances, to evaluate the stock options your spouse has earned, and to establish that your spouse is not a very good parent. It will cost between $10,000 and $20,000 to hire these experts. But I think that if you want to win, you should do it. What do you say?" Many clients cave in and agree to pay the costs of escalating the fight.
In cases in which at least one of the parties earns a substantial amount of money and there is a major disagreement about when their children will be with each of the parents, it is not unusual for the lawyers' and psychologists' bills to reach $20,000 on that issue alone. If the parties can't pay fees of this type upfront, the case will be presented less expertly.
In a recent article in The New Yorker magazine, a prominent Manhattan divorce lawyer stated that his fee is $550 an hour with a minimum retainer of $25,000. Another lawyer is quoted in the story as saying that big cases are likely to be "a battle of forensic accountants." In one case, he said, the accountants had billed more than $1.5 million. Of course, these sorts of bills do not arise in garden variety divorces. But any contested divorce is expensive and can be as costly as one spouse wants to make it.
Antagonism and Angst
In addition to being outrageously expensive, the present legal system needlessly heightens the negative emotions of the divorcing spouses by purposefully pitting one side against the other.
Many more people than you would guess maintain at least some sort of a friendly relationship with a former spouse after a divorce. But that is highly unlikely if the two of you go through a contested trial.
Harm to Children
Chapters 8 and 9 include detailed discussions of the legalities and practicalities of child support, custody, and visitation. But for now, realize that in addition to what it does to each of the parties, a contested divorce trial ultimately ends up causing terrible damage to any children caught in the crossfire.
Here are a few truths I have learned over the years.
• Unless one parent has acted particularly ugly, many children live for at least a little while after the break-up with the secret hope their parents will get back together. It is not a thought they often share with anyone except, perhaps, their best friends. They look for little hints that an impending divorce will go away, and pale when they hear one parent badmouth the other.
• For children, the prospect of their parents splitting up is so primal that the first thing many worry about is whether there is going to be a roof over their heads and food on the table once one of their parents moves out of the family home.
• Being confronted with the life changes brought on because "Mommy and Daddy don't love each other anymore" is frequently a shock from which a child never quite recovers. There are counselors who can help a child get over such feelings, but that sort of help is not as available or used as often as it should be.
Court battles about how much support will be paid, who is to get which car, and how much time each parent will have with the children all have some unpleasantness about them. A wife may suggest that her husband has some money coming into his business under the table. A husband might argue that his wife's long distance telephone bills are excessive. They both may claim their children are uncomfortable around Mom or Dad's new friends.
Resolving these disputed issues out of court can frequently be accomplished quietly and respectfully around a kitchen table or in a conference room. But having a judge decide these sorts of issues after hearing each of the parents testify in the formal public courtroom often fosters anger, embarrassment, and hurt feelings that are bound to be carried home to children who live there.
Pretty soon, "Daddy" becomes "Your Father." "Mom" is "Your Mother." Messages are handled by notes sealed in envelopes which the children are asked to carry between two armed camps. Doors that used to be closed quietly are now slammed shut. And a child's plea for a new pair of sneakers just like a friend has may be answered with: "Ask your father; he has all the money."
But I have seen enough of the real success stories to feel a surge of deep respect for spouses who work to maintain a healthy relationship. In most divorces, both spouses usually have many reasons to be hurt and angry about their former partners. But a more reasoned approach is to send a child off for a visit with: "Have a great time with your Dad—and tell him I said hello." Or: "Your friend Ralph's new sneakers look great. I'll talk to your Mom and see if we can find a way to get some for you."
Dreaming of a Better System
From time to time, people lobby to take divorces out of the adversary system and deal with them in a way that recognizes their unique nature. Reform of this system may benefit your grandchildren—if, heaven forbid, they ever get divorced. But unfortunately, that isn't going to help you get divorced today.
As noted by Donald B. King, a retired judge and coauthor of a three-volume set for lawyers on divorce law, titled Family Law (The Rutter Group): "Our present system is not only impersonal, inhumane, production line justice, it fails to help people at one of the most critical points in their lives. Indeed, all too often, those who the law requires to go through the system are worse off at the end than they were when they entered it."
King's criticism includes the charge that the system "not only allows people to fight, it encourages it, even for those who . . . do not want
to fight."
Americans for Divorce Reform (www.divorcereform.org), a consumer group that supports efforts to reduce divorce, urges that premarital counseling should be required for couples before a marriage license is issued. The group also supports making it more difficult to get divorced because it believes more people would work out their marital problems and stay together if the divorce procedure wasn't so easy.
A quick survey of how other nations handle divorce, if they even allow it, does not indicate any panaceas out there.
Long Delays
Another reason that divorce courts don't work well is that, in comparison to the rest of the court system, they are often seriously understaffed both by judges and support people, which can cause long delays in
processing cases.
In most areas, presiding judges, who decide which judge is going to sit in what courtroom, need to keep the criminal courts processing the very visible cases of people charged with breaking the law, so a large portion of the court's resources are directed to the criminal division. And the lawyers involved in the accident cases and business disputes use their considerable influence in the state legislature and elsewhere to have as many courts as possible devoted to their trials. Family and juvenile courts have lower profiles than regular civil and criminal courts and are often overwhelmed by backlogs of cases waiting for hearing.
"Short cause cases" involving simple issues such as requests to grant temporary support before trial are usually scheduled to be heard in the mornings in most divorce courts. But because of the large number of such cases, many are frequently bumped until the afternoon, the time often reserved for contested "long cause" trials. And some cases set in afternoon get put over to the next day or the next week—and sometimes to the next month or longer.
You may have to wait a very long time for a hearing on the day you have been told to come to court—and at the end of the wait, you may be told to come back on another day.
You'll pay while you wait. If you've hired a lawyer to help handle your divorce, he or she will charge you for the time spent waiting for your case to be called. I still have a little plaque that a legal publishing company sent me when I graduated from law school in 1961. It contains a drawing of Abraham Lincoln with a quotation: "A lawyer's time is his stock in trade." And a lawyer's waiting time frequently is charged the same as his or her trial time.
The length of time it takes to get a divorce case from filing to judgment is one of the major complaints all divorce judges hear about the system. And there are no signs of that situation improving substantially in the near future.
The obvious solution is to assign more judges and staff to handle family law cases. But there are no indications that presiding judges are going to pull trial judges from other functions and assign them to divorce court. Assignments of staff that might help shorten proceedings aren't likely to increase, either. Increased financial support from the state legislatures would take care of the problem, but the cause does not have political support. Many people in the court system consider divorce courts as the poor cousin of the system. They would rather not hear about all of the "unfortunate people" trying to get their divorce cases to trial—and concentrate instead on flashier causes.
Overloaded Calendars
The fact that divorce courts are understaffed not only accounts for long delays in hearings, but it often means that those appearing in court have a dizzyingly short time to present their cases, requiring judges to make swift decisions, without much time for consideration.
For example, on almost every morning of the ten years I sat in divorce court, three hours were allotted to hear the evidence and make orders regarding child custody and support in the 35 cases or so that were scheduled. Some of them would settle through negotiations lawyers reached in the hallway in front of the courtroom, but many did not. For those that didn't settle, the rules provided up to 20 minutes for hearing each case. But on mornings when there were a large number of cases scheduled, I could only devote ten minutes to many of them.
A Quick—and Haunting—Decision
In a case I handled several years ago, a couple with few assets between them appeared without lawyers to argue the husband's motion to have the children come live with him from Monday to Friday every week during the school year. The existing order, granted a year earlier, provided that the mother was to have primary custody and the father was to have visitation every other weekend. The parents had been referred to a court child custody counselor for a recommendation. But the counselor took a dive and reported that the matter was too complex to evaluate in the short time allotted.
The only options were to hear the evidence quickly or put the case over to a day at least a month away. Something told me the case shouldn't wait, so I had the parties sworn and asked the father why he was seeking greater time with the children. Quickly, he told me was a garbage man with no prospects for getting a higher-paying job because he lacked a college education. Appearing very sincere, he said he thought a good education would guarantee better jobs for his children. He said the mother wasn't getting the children to school on time and he showed me their report cards, which indicated a huge number of absences and tardies.
I asked the mother for an explanation and she went off on a bizarre story about being afraid the father's coworkers were spying on her from the garbage trucks that went by outside her house.
By then, I needed to get moving to deal with the other cases waiting to be heard. I had to make a decision. Fast.
Intuition told me the children's best interests were with the father, so I took a deep breath and ordered that he should have full weekday custody during the school year, with the mother having visitation every weekend. The whole matter had taken about 25 minutes—hardly enough time to gather enough evidence on an issue likely to make a huge impact on the young children's lives.
To this day, I don't know what happened next or whether my intuition was right, how the children fared, or whether they are safe and attending school. The legal system did not provide an adequate opportunity for me to do the right thing.
Wrong Decisions
Even when the parties have good lawyers and enough money to provide the court with tons of information and professional advice on who should have the custody of a child or how much support should be paid, there is the possibility that even a well-meaning, experienced family law judge will rule for the wrong side. And an inexperienced judge or one who is disgruntled with the assignment to divorce court may make a decision that is just plain factually or legally wrong.
Some examples help illustrate.
• In the course of divorcing, a small business owner may come to court without financial records and swear that the business is losing money. Her spouse might testify that she does a lot of business in cash "under the table." The judge must set child support and alimony based on a conclusion about just what the business really earns on an average month. And where the records are incomplete or falsified, a judge may end up believing the wrong party. As a result, the court order may provide inadequate or overly generous support.
• The judge who must decide which parents the children will live with will never know them as well as their parents do. And that judge will never know for sure what happened during a violent incident that occurred behind closed doors six weeks ago. Testimony given in court often varies widely between two witnesses. Sometimes there are discrepancies or other indications about truthfulness at a hearing, but at other times the ultimate decision is based on little more than a judge's gut feeling. I know that in some cases, my gut must have been wrong and that a child's life was probably affected adversely.
• When dividing a couple's possessions, the evidence may show that a large sum of money disappeared from the family bank account several years ago. The husband may testify that he and his wife jointly agreed to put the money into a restaurant that later failed. The wife may believe that the husband spent it on a suspicious "business trip" to Las Vegas that included several nights in a luxury hotel with a new girlfriend. Nobody has documents to verify their claims. The judge can't make an investigation, but must decide based upon the incomplete evidence at hand.
One of the many sad but common scenes in divorce court is the husband or wife who walks into court with a relaxed, almost cocky look, apparently convinced of winning a great victory. Often this is because a lawyer who doesn't really know the way around divorce court very well assured him or her that the case was a sure thing. Then the testimony begins. And on cross-examination, the opposing lawyer will start asking some difficult questions. The "sure thing" begins to crumble and the formerly cocky lawyer spends a lot of time conferring and whispering with the formerly cocky client.
Whatever the reason, when you let a judge decide an important matter in your life, understand there are few "sure things" in a court hearing—and there is always a possibility that you will not prevail. (See Chapter 4, Don't Get Hung Up on Fairness, for more on this.)
There are no special truth-seeking tools. Occasionally, various experts present classes to judges, purporting to teach them how they can tell whether a person is lying by evaluating facial clues. For example, one such class presented videos of people—one of whom was Oliver North, of Iran-Contra infamy—testifying about things that later clearly turned out not to be true. The instructor pointed out how a facial tic appeared every time North was telling a lie. The connection was clear, but not particularly helpful in evaluating the truthfulness of a person sitting in the witness box in a courtroom. To make it work, a person would have to put a witness through hours of testing of facial movements that occurred during lies.
One Judge's Lethal Decision
The most horrible decision I know about occurred when I was working as a lawyer in an Oakland law firm years ago, when a client was involved in a child custody dispute in nearby San Francisco.
I argued his case before a respected judge who was later appointed to the federal court. I produced some evidence indicating the client was a straight arrow and a good father—and that the mother appeared to be somewhat unstable. The mother took the witness stand, trashed the father, and then testified convincingly about her stellar mothering ability. The judge believed her and granted the mother the primary custody of the parties' children.
Ten days later, the local newspaper reported that the mother had driven her car off a cliff, killing herself and the children. My first reaction was to tear the story from the newspaper and send it to the judge with a note about his decision. The senior partner in my law firm convinced me to change my mind, pointing out that no one, including judges, can accurately predict future human behavior.
I didn't agree then. I thought the judge was responsible for the death of those children. I feel differently now.
This case illustrates not only how difficult many of the cases are for a judge to decide, but also that there are many reasons that a judge's decision can turn out to be just plain wrong.
Lying Witnesses
If everyone told the truth, trials would move more quickly—and everyone would be happy with the results. But a sad truth is that witnesses who have sworn to tell the truth lie in court every day. And one of the reasons you may receive a decision that is wrong is that the judge may believe a witness who lies while testifying for your spouse. It's just another downside of the courtroom experience.
Because lying is an especially common problem in the charged atmosphere of a divorce trial, here are a few tips on what to do if you are forced to take your case to court and you are concerned about the possibility of your spouse fabricating damaging testimony.
• Find out ahead of time what lies to expect. Perhaps your spouse will tell you informally what evidence he or she plans to present in court. If not, there is a legal process called "discovery" that can be used to obtain that information. This is something that lawyers do regularly. It can be a little tricky to navigate on your own.
If you decide to conduct your own discovery, the process is explained well in Represent Yourself in Court, by Paul Bergman and Sara J. Berman-Barrett (Nolo).
• Gather documents or witnesses to present the truth in court. As with the discovery process mentioned above, you may want to hire a lawyer for help with getting documents and testimony into evidence. For example, if there is a dispute about how your child is doing in school, serve a subpoena on the teacher to come to court and testify about it. If the disagreement involves some financial transactions, serve a subpoena on the financial agency involved so that the representative can verify what occurred. If you need an agency representative to bring records to court, you use something called a subpoena duces tecum, also explained in detail in the book mentioned above.
These procedures take some time to set up, so don't wait until the week before your hearing or trial to get them underway.
Lies Usually Go Unpunished
Strangely, even when the lies are clearly documented, the liars who tell them are rarely prosecuted. During my career on the bench, I reported three pretty outrageous lies to the district attorney's office, which never took any action on them.
One of the lies involved a man who stole some stationery from a blood testing agency and manufactured a letter stating he was not the father of a child. The letter looked a little strange, so I called the agency, which recalled the man coming in and presenting a phony story about needing a piece of its letterhead. I had the man arrested and sent to jail. The district attorney didn't bring charges.
But of course, the reluctant father lost his case—and was ordered to pay support for the child.
Disgruntled Judges
Given the importance of decisions in divorce cases, you might think that the most talented judges available would be assigned to hear them. You would be wrong.
Serving as a divorce judge is usually considered one of the least attractive judicial assignments around. Many judges end up presiding in a divorce court simply because they don't have enough seniority or other "juice" to claim a more prestigious spot doing civil jury trials or important criminal cases. Some count the months until they will be reassigned and let it be known they will do anything they can do to avoid a return assignment.
Because of the political process that results in most judges being elected or appointed to the bench, few lawyers who specialize in divorce law end up as judges. Unless they have been divorced themselves, many have had little reason to think about the process since the time they were forced to study it to pass the state bar examination.
The distaste many judges have for serving in divorce court is not difficult to understand. Family law judges have a saying: "In criminal courts, you deal with bad people on their best behavior. In family court, you deal with good people on their worst behavior." And there is quite a bit of truth to that saying. Many people in the process of divorce are going through one of the most difficult periods of their lives. Sometimes they say and do stupid—even despicable—things they would normally never think of saying or doing. Dealing every day with that sort of conduct can be depressing.
And it doesn't show signs of improving. One family law judge recently wrote to me about his experience in returning to the divorce court bench after a stint in retirement: "Upon my return, I found that the level of acrimony was even higher than it was when I left five years before. The concept of truth had totally disappeared with some litigants. They would say whatever they thought would put them in an advantageous position. The longer a judge stays in family law, the higher the stress levels become."
There are exceptions, though—divorce judges who look forward to each day as an opportunity "to do the right thing" for people in a difficult time. And a number of judges sent to serve in family court plunge right in, take courses to become familiar with the practicalities and the law, and are soon become extremely good at what they are doing.
However, the fact that there are a good number of judges who want to avoid being in family court is another reason you should avoid it yourself if possible.
When Justice Is Its Own Reward
In one of the most memorable trials of my career, I had to decide who would get custody of an eight-month-old baby orphaned by the devastating Loma Prieta earthquake in California in 1989.
The child, Jimmy, was destined to become a rich person after both of his parents were crushed to death in the collapse of part of a freeway. The state admitted there were errors in building what was the first double-decker freeway structure in California and offered to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for survivors of those killed in the collapse.
Seeking guardianship of Jimmy were two sets of grandparents, other relatives, friends of his parents, and people from all over the country who learned about the child from newspapers and television news programs. Most of them made it clear that the money was of no concern to them—they just wanted to help a child who had become known in the press as "The Quake Orphan." Some of the relatives hired lawyers to pursue their cause. Others wrote beautiful letters in support.
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Alexandre Lobão is a passionate man. His first passion was reading, starting with large books—Mark Twain, Érico Veríssimo, Jules Verne, Monteiro Lobato, Alexandre Dumas, and others—when he was seven. When he was twelve, he discovered his two next passions: playing and creating games (by that time on his first Apple computer), and writing.
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All I can say is that I picked this book up hoping it could guide me through some simple game programming. Read morePublished on Oct. 1 2003
This is a pretty good book. It is very easy to read although the subjects discussed aren't really trivial. Read morePublished on July 19 2003 by Markus Egger
I've gotten about halfway through this book in the past two weeks and I feel like I'm learning enough where I can start writing my own simple games once I'm done with it. Read morePublished on May 31 2003 by S.O.
To sum it up in a single word: simple. This book is far too simple to provide any real useful information. Don't waste your time on this one.Published on May 17 2003
I just started reading this, so I gave it a middle grade - I'll either move it to 5 or to 1 after I'm done. My brother and I are actually planing a game programming face off. Read morePublished on May 10 2003
I should have waited until there was reviews on this book before I bought it. Im trying to get the hang of multiplayer game programming in a 3D environment and the introductional... Read morePublished on April 29 2003 by Håkan Reutman
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If you find yourself getting down and feeling blue from the dreary days of Winter, I find the best remedy to fight seasonal depression is exercise. To vividly imagine Summer days, I love dropping into Bikram yoga a couple of times a week. I find the heat really helps fight off the chills and seeing everyone dressed for the beach makes the images of Summer that much easier to recall :)
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As a mother to 2 young children, I love the sleep habit from the Basis app. I love to know how long I actually slept for. Sleep is crucial for my ability to be patient and energetic for my kids so any feedback as to how I can improve my sleep is definitely appreciated.
Basis gives me a complete breakdown on the quality of my sleep…so frickin cool! Thanks Basis!
"Being an entrepreneur is like eating glass and staring into the abyss of death. …" powerful words said by the innovative genius, Elon Musk. The mental, physical, and even spiritual battle that takes place daily as an entrepreneur is precisely why one must make health and fitness a top priority.
The mental demand of taking the path less traveled and starting your own business is grueling . Rising up to the challenge of creating a company and figuring it out along the way is beyond tough, the reason so many take the "safe" path and work for someone else. Because of the extremely difficult task it is to build something that has never been done before, while the naysayers try to discourage you, it's crucial to invest in your health. Fitness improves mental health dramatically. The confidence you get from building a strong body positively affects every area of your life. Not to mention the serotonin boost you receive, making every day seem a little easier to tackle. Just like a warrior who trains for battle, you must train for yours.
I would argue, health influences wealth. When potential investors watch you walk into a room, they need only a few seconds to pass judgement. If you walk in strong, healthy and confident, they take you more seriously from the start. On the flip side, if you walk in overweight with dark circles under your eyes, how do you think you come across? It would be safe to assume, subconsciously, investors may see you as someone who is not in control of their life and can't handle the situation. This may result in another "No" from the VCs. You need to show up as the best version of yourself to sell people on your dream.
Make the investment in your health by scheduling a workout 1st thing in the morning. Put this workout in your calendar. You must make yourself the top priority, as you are the one on the front line battling your way to the top. Choose Yoga, weight-training, and cardio. Don't choose one, choose them all…just on alternate days. All 3 exercise options will help build a mentally, physically, and spiritually stronger entrepreneur.
Entrepreneurship is one of the greatest tests of spiritually. It is essentially one acting on nothing but faith and belief in their dream. For this reason, entrepreneurs are at risk for illness and even death. I have heard too many times about the entrepreneurs that committed suicide due to the incomprehensible stress that comes with the battle of business. Sadly, only the strong survive.
Knowing all the very real challenges that come with building a business, you must, must, must invest in your health by staying fit. Fitness provides you with the training you need to stay mentally, physically, and spiritually tough enough to take on the world!
I am moving HOME from San Francisco, California to Vancouver, Canada. I will explain why I'm moving through the use of visual aids… pictures say a thousand words.
I give you San Francisco…
Take notice of the horrified look on this child's face ^
The common sight on any given sunny day ^ This happened to be the day of the "fitness" event Bay to Breakers.
Beverage of choice during the "race" ^ (alcohol for those who can not tell)
These photos are from the annual running race known as Bay to Breakers…happened just last week through my neighborhood. Keep in mind, I have 2 small kids :0
Now Vancouver…
Just as popular annual race known as the Sun Run.
Beverage of choice ^ (water!)
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Number of shots fired, missing $30,000 in cash from lifeboat triggers investigation
WASHINGTON After U.S. Navy SEAL snipers conducted a dramatic rescue in 2009 that freed a cargo ship captain being held by pirates, $30,000 disappeared from a lifeboat, triggering an investigation that questioned the integrity of the commandos.
And military officials, who had said three shots were fired, soon learned that number was much higher in the killing of the pirates in the now-famous operation.
Those are among the messy details missing from previous accounts of the famous raid, including a new Hollywood version — "Captain Phillips" — released Friday starring Tom Hanks.
On April 8, 2009, four armed Somali pirates scurried up the side of a large cargo ship, the Maersk Alabama, and took Richard Phillips and his crew hostage. In a failed attempt to get the pirates to leave, Phillips gave them $30,000 from the ship safe. The pirates eventually abandoned the Maersk, jumping into a lifeboat and taking the cash and Phillips at gunpoint.
The U.S. destroyer Bainbridge, which had responded to the hijacking, gave chase as the pirates headed toward the Somali coast. Days later, a team of SEALs parachuted into the Indian Ocean and boarded the Bainbridge. During the crisis, the Navy persuaded the pirates to let the Bainbridge tow their lifeboat and then tricked the fourth pirate into coming aboard the Bainbridge.
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"Entering the life raft, they quickly and methodically re-engaged each pirate, making sure there was no more threat," Bissonnette recalled. "They found Phillips tied up in the corner unhurt."
In an interview, Phillips said he didn't see the SEALs firing inside the 25-foot lifeboat. But he said one of the pirates closest to him was "gasping" and in a "death rattle." The young pirate had two serious chest wounds, he said. He didn't see the other two pirates at the other end of the lifeboat.
Attorney Philip L. Weinstein, who represented the surviving pirate later prosecuted in federal court, said his legal team had an expert examine photographs the government provided of the dead Somalis. The expert estimated about 19 rounds had been fired into the bodies, Weinstein said.
The $30,000 was never recovered. As part of the investigation by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, SEALs were polygraphed, according to former and current law enforcement and military officials who spoke under the condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to talk about the case. It's not clear if all the SEALs who responded to the hijacking were polygraphed.


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From I-25: Exit 135, Go West onto Academy/Hwy 83. Take a right on the 2nd exit which is Westmeadow Drive. Continue up Westmeadow Drive to the top of the hill; the property is on the left hand side.
From Hwy 115 (Nevada Ave): Go South on Hwy 115, turn left on Cheyenne Meadows Road, then turn right on Westmeadow Drive. Cobblestone is at the top of the hill on the right side.
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Cobblestone Ridge
Cobblestone Ridge is a community offering great residential apartment living with the ambiance of a mountain resort. With five floor plans at an incredible value, you won't have to look anywhere else. The floor plans are approximate square footages, dimensions and may vary by apartment. With this convenient location, you will be within minutes of Fort Carson, I-25, the Martin Luther King Bypass, World Arena and downtown Colorado Springs. Our recreational facilities will astound you and the mountain views will inspire you. Come see what you've been missing at Cobblestone Ridge.
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Located in Colorado Springs, this community has a population of 38,791
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Griffis Blessing is a real estate services firm representing individual, corporate and institutional owners of real estate throughout the United States. The firm offers its clients comprehensive real estate asset management services. Headquartered in Colorado Springs, with additional offices in Denver and Pueblo, Colorado, Griffis/Blessing has over 3,000,000 sqft of office, retail, and industrial space and approximately 4,000 apartment units under management. Griffis/Blessing measures its own success by the results it produces for clients. To this end, all its activities support the firm's common goals: consistently placing the needs of its clients above all other concerns and meeting clients' needs with superior levels of expertise and service.
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Cobblestone Ridge deserve this rating because it is the best apartment around, I look back and watch how people come in and out, to be in this apartment. Whenever I tell people what this apartment offers they always wish they were living here, this apartment offers indoor pool that can be used year around, and a Jacuzzi that can help relax those tired aching bones after a long days work, and a sauna all the same, and just getting to know other neighbors at barbeques is really great.
Thank you for your positive feedback! We're happy that your living experience here at Cobblestone Ridge has been an enjoyable one. We value your residency with us and if there is anything we can do for you, please don't hesitate to contact our office.
Everyone is very friendly and helpful. If I have a issue, it is taken care of right away
I've lived here for alomost two years now, and I have no complaints about the property itself. My only frustrations come from my neighbors, and when someone parks in my spot; but, these are discrepancies that the office staff has no control over. I send people to Cobblestone very often. :-)
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Me and my husband moved in about 3 months ago and have had no problems at all living here! There were. Couple of things that needed to be fixed when we moved in but we informed them and the fixes were made immediately. The staff is very friendly and always willing to help. The area is pretty quiet and I've have no problems with neighbors. Everyone is very friendly. Parking is the only issue here I do wish there was more parking but I believe the staff is working on fixing the parking problem.
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The staff is friendly and helpful, and we love our apartment. :)
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FundusThe fundus is the upper part of the uterus.To subscribe to the Pregnancy Newsletter, just enter your email address in the subscribe box at the bottom of this page.
Fundus The top of the uterus. At 12 weeks of pregnancy, the fundus is at the top of the pubic bone (symphysis pubis). At approximately 20 weeks, the fundus has reached your belly button (umbilicus).
FundusThe top of the uterus. The height of the fundus is sometimes measured to help determinethe length of the pregnancy.
Fundus: The upper part of the uterus.Gestational age: The duration of the pregnancy, measured from the first day of the last menstrual period.Gynecologist: A physician who specializes in the female reproductive system.
Fundus: The top of your wombHb: Haemoglobin - the oxygen carrying part of your red blood cellsLMP: Last menstrual period ...
~The top part of the uterus. The height of the ~midwife check on the health and growth of your baby.Hypertension ...
~uterusGeneral anesthesia - A method of delivering medication that puts you completely asleep for an operation ...
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~The top of the uterus. The ~during pregnancy as the baby grows. The obstetrician will measure the fundal height as a measure of how much your baby is growing.
Your ~uterus) reaches just above your navel! You are now aware of your baby's movements and may even be able to tell the sleep/wake cycles of your little one. It is important to recognize the signs of premature labor.
Your ~uterus) will have reached somewhere around the height of your belly button and it could be time for some more maternity clothes: ...
YouThe ~uterus) is now at navel level and your doctor or midwife will palpate (feel) your abdomen to check the size of your uterus.
The top of your uterus, called the ~pelvis.Hormones released by your placenta, ovaries, adrenal glands, and pituitary gland guide the growth of your baby as well as changes within the organs in your own body.
What exactly is a ~fundal height measured? If you've heard these words during your pregnancy, you might have asked these questions. Fundal height is useful in assessing fetal growth and development.
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The height of the ~uterus) can be measured from the pubic bone. This measurement in centimeters usually corresponds with the number of weeks of pregnancy after the 20th week. If the measurement is low for the number of weeks, the baby may be smaller than expected.
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Around 12 weeks of pregnancy, the top of the uterus (~~umbilicus (belly button).
This is done by performing what is called Leopold's maneuvers - feeling the fetus by palpating first the ~uterus in the upper abdomen, then on either side of the uterus, and finally just above the pubic symphysis of the pelvis.
Uterus: Muscular organ of gestation; consists of a pear-shaped ~cervix. The cervix resembles a "neck" until the time of birth when it opens into the birth canal (or vagina) to allow passage of the baby.
Your uterus has grown to the point where your healthcare provider can now feel the top of it (the ~abdomen, just above your pubic bone. You may already be into maternity clothes, especially if this isn't your first pregnancy.
If you lie down, the top of your uterus (or ~pubic bone and belly button. It may be harder for you to bend over now to pick things up (or lift your toddler). Always, use your legs to bend to help protect your back.
Midline thickening of the wall of the uterus at the uterine ~uterus). The thickened area results from failure to completely dissolve the uterine septum during development. The arcuate uterus is considered to be a mild form of bicornuate uterus.
While the breech is easily palpated at the ~Assisting in Anterior Rotation Prenatally: Have the mother do the "pelvic rock" exercise at least three times daily.
As your pregnancy progresses, the top of the ~third trimester, the baby will drop down into the pelvis. When the baby drops down into the pelvis, it is called lightening or dropping.
The second trimester of pregnancy (from week 13 to week 27) is the time when most women start to look pregnant and may begin to wear maternity clothes. By 16 weeks, the top of your uterus, called the ~pubic bone and your navel.
Fundal height: The length from the top of the uterus (~pubic bone; helps date the pregnancy and assess the growth of the babyGGestation period: Period of development of the embryo/fetus from the time of conception until birth ...
The fundal height is the measurement from the top of your pubic bone to the top of your ~midwife will normally start measuring this during your second trimester, possibly around the 20 week mark, or when you start showing if it is later in pregnancy.
Your midwife can now feel the top of your uterus (womb), also known as the ~second trimester, you may need to wear looser clothing. Soon you won't be able to fit into your old clothes any more.
A mild deformity of the uterus that involves the presence of a very small separation in the midline of the ~uterus) inside the uterine cavity.
After about the first trimester, your practitioner can also measure the height of the ~uterus), which usually corresponds with gestational age. However, growth spurts and individual variations in development make these methods less accurate in determining your due date.
The placenta may be on the front wall (anterior) or the back wall of your uterus (posterior), usually near the top (or ~placenta is near the top, it may be described as fundal on your scan notes.
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You can feel it about three to four inches below your navel. During your appointments, your care provider will be measuring "fundal height" to make sure your baby is growing consistently and adequately. Fundal height is the distance from the top of the uterus (~pubic bone.
Conservative care is indicated when the entrance wound is below the uterine ~fetus is previable or dead, abdominal examination is negative, or urinalysis is negative for blood.5,6 Otherwise, surgical intervention is the standard of care.
See also: What is the meaning of Pregnancy, Uterus, Pregnant, During pregnancy, Vagina?


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I was just comparing the numbers if different "Archive Networks", like CPAN, CTAN, rubygems.org etc. CPAN displays two very different numbers:
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Easy Slow-Cooked Spaghetti Sauce Recipe
"After searching for a tomato sauce that didn't taste like it was only for spaghetti, I set out to make my own," writes David Shields from Barberton, Ohio. "The result was this thick versatile sauce featuring ground beef and lots of herbs. It's great on pizza, too."
- 1 pound ground beef
- 4 cans (14-1/2 ounces each) diced tomatoes, undrained
- 6 cans (6 ounces each) tomato paste
- 1 cup beef broth
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons minced fresh marjoram or 1 tablespoon dried marjoram
- 2 tablespoons garlic powder
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh basil or 2 teaspoons dried basil
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh oregano or 2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 bay leaf
- Hot cooked spaghetti
- 1. In a large skillet, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain.
- 2. Transfer to a 5-qt. slow cooker. Stir in the tomatoes, tomato paste, broth, brown sugar and seasonings. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or until bubbly. Discard bay leaf. Serve with spaghetti. Yield: 12-14 servings.
Nutritional Facts
1 serving (1 each) equals 89 calories, 3 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 16 mg cholesterol, 297 mg sodium, 9 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 7 g protein.
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Full-Bodied Red Wine
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