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Bluemoon, exactly how do you want me to sugarcoat this?
From post one...(if you read through the posts from the
beginning)...which apparently was made within 24 hours
of the husband leaving Drama...there was no question in
my mind of the situation.
I used examples, I tried to make it clear that the Husband
had completed his affair and had gone, and it was time
for Drama to contact and attorney and see what kind of
Maintenance she could gain for her child before he moved
most of the property from his name into that of his wife
or others.
Every single word I have posted is honest, and true.
I don't see any use it would have to lie to Drama, or
cast the reality of the situation into any other lights.
As an Attorney it is your duty to advise your client
properly. Not to sugarcoat, lie, deceive, pretend or
drift from reality.
You have a duty to tell your client what the likely
outcome of a matter may be, and you can be brought
up on charges before your professional oversight body
if you do not warn a client of the dangers, sanctions,
etc. of every single matter brought before you.
From Drama's first post you were left no doubt that
she was having an affair with a married man, who had
never made any attempt at all whatsoever to divorce
his wife, and that three years had elapsed from the
commencement of the affair until his abrupt departure.
Maybe the first time I came across such a situation
my inexperience or need to pet the client might have
led me to insipid placating remarks. But after five
years, when one sees the pattern, when it doesn't
matter the colour, race, religion, economic status,
etc, of the parties, it is as if this is a classical
ballet, in which all the steps are cheoreographed.
When you begin to practice you will learn the difference
between being an Attorney and a social worker, between
properly advising a client and playing to their desires.
This may be the first time you are seeing such a
situation. Stick around. By next year you'll see two
more, and both will be almost identical to this one,
and the posters will be just as certain that their
case is different and he's 'coming back', 'his family
is keeping him from me,' 'he loves me', etc.
Men have, from the discovery of adultery, learned that
women need only be told, "i love you", to engage in
sexual connection. They don't need a lawyer's letter,
a divorce petition, proof that the wife is committed to
a mental institution or evidence of separation.
If a Man says; "My marriage has been over a long
time," "My wife and I are separated," "I can't get a
divorce because of my children," or any of the usual,
any intelligent woman puts on her running shoes.
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