Art of Divorce: Family Law Resources

Although New York doesn’t recognize gay marriages (yet), it looks like an activist judge will try to make it happen soon. How? The judge is allowing a lesbian couple married in Canada to pursue a divorce in New York state court. If the case is allowed to proceed to a divorce decree, you can expect gay marriage to follow shortly thereafter.

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There’s a saying in law that the person who represents himself in court has a fool for a client. In this case, Heather Mills has decided to play the fool in her divorce proceedings with Sir Paul McCartney. Mills has apparently become estranged from her law firm, reportedly owes them millions of pounds in legal fees, and has now decided she’ll be her own lawyer in the fight over the marital estate.

Break out the popcorn and watch the festivities as it should be fun to watch Mills make an ass out of herself trying to cross-examine McCartney on the stand. Like most nonlawyers, expect her to be a royal pain to the judge by asking questions that are beyond the bounds of what’s permitted by law.

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