Client has kid, who is 6 years old.
Client goes to store with her kid and Boyfriend.
Kid starts whining about wanting candy. Defying the adult supervision, kid reaches for candy.
Boyfriend pulls back kid's arm. Adult correction - read, stern "talking to" - ensue.
Client, her kid, and Boyfriend continue on in public, and several hours later go home.
Client exchanges kid with kid's father, Dad.
Kid mentions that Boyfriend "pinched" him.
Dad interrogates kid and decides what kid means is that Boyfriend "choked" him.
Dad calls cops.
Cops come and interrogate kid. Decide what kid meant is that Boyfriend "pulled his arm."
Cops tell Dad there is not much there, but then tell Dad that the child will be taken into protective custody and Dad will be charged with child neglect if he lets kid go back to a situation that is dangerous.
Dad panics.
Dad decides not to give kid back to Client.
Dad calls his idiot family law attorney.
Idiot family law attorney gives ex parte notice. Asks for sole legal and sole physical custody for Dad.
Next morning, idiot family law attorney attempts to convince judge that Boyfriend simultaneously pinched, choked, and pulled the arm of kid. Client's attorney laughs in open court.
Judge denies ex parte request and disgustedly orders a hearing on the same day in August when another hearing on the matter is scheduled.
Okay, so maybe the cops were actually practicing juvenile law - same thing.
4 comments:
please tell me the kid got his a$$ swatted a time or two for making a mountain out of a molehill. Ditto the dad. Is that too much to hope for?
I don't know about you, but had I attempted to swipe something in a store with a parent present, and an adult corrected me, I would have caught holy hell for a) doing something I knew was wrong b) being dumb enough to call it to the other parent who would have also yelled at me for doing said thing in the first place.
(Lip curling, head shaking...) Kids will play to their audience, that's a given...and when that audience decides to start feeding lines to the kid, the play just gets better and better.
I hope you asked for sanx and for your atty fees...even if you don't get 'em, it may dissuade the knucklehead on the other side to think twice before whipping up a frivolous ex parte motion. What a load of sh[ee]t. Let me guess...he faxed the notice to you at 4:59 pm (or is it 11:59 am these days?)
Kit, are you kidding? I believe she handed her moving papers to my Boss the next day (Pam went in on this one as I was next door settling a case).
But don't ask me her name - that would be unprofessional (210305). ;-)
Hee! You nutty 200K+ kids...
(And to think, I got crap for being in the 6-figure crowd when I first started out...)
Oh yeah, and don't you think it should say "no public record of discipline...yet."?
;-)
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