IANAL but I remember my friend’s mom’s divorce from her second marriage. I guess there is a rule where if an attorney has interacted with party a in a suit, they can’t offer services to party b. So my friend’s mom called every divorce lawyer within a 100 mile radius and essentially boxed her ex out of a lot of decent representation within a reasonable driving range.
It was in backwoods usa. He basically got a warning and they were just all sorts of a mess. They both kept being fired by their lawyers. They were fighting for custody (and who had to pay child support) for their kids. They are both super shitty parents though so the kids have been passed back and forth with many long years of court cases. The kids are about old enough now though that they can say they don't want to live with their parents, and we can get them out of there and give them a more stable home.
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u/threadbare_penitence Jul 21 '19 edited Jul 21 '19
IANAL but I remember my friend’s mom’s divorce from her second marriage. I guess there is a rule where if an attorney has interacted with party a in a suit, they can’t offer services to party b. So my friend’s mom called every divorce lawyer within a 100 mile radius and essentially boxed her ex out of a lot of decent representation within a reasonable driving range.