tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10281891.post115093720116205055..comments2023-12-05T04:51:37.261-08:00Comments on Trial Ad (and other) Notes: The Fall of The Father Of the YearMary Whisnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06780343632178750011noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10281891.post-1156205325284558792006-08-21T17:08:00.000-07:002006-08-21T17:08:00.000-07:00Dahlia Lithwick makes a strong case for changing t...Dahlia Lithwick makes a strong case for changing the family court system, getting away from the more traditional "adversarial" approach where there is a perceived winner. In fact, several states have overhauled the family court requiring mediators, with the judge only coming in when there is no chance of finding common ground. <BR/><BR/>The problem with this process is that lawyers don't make the big money trying to get TTH visitation instead of MW. <BR/><BR/>Dahlia gave us a hint of her relationship with the alleged murderer and attempted murderer: <BR/><BR/>"I billed hundreds of hours on the Mack case many years ago, when I was clerking for a small family law firm in Reno and he was fighting his first wife for custody of their children....Darren was somehow always at the other side of my desk, or on the other end of the phone line, urging me to think about why his kids needed him, and why he alone was their ally. <BR/><BR/>Hundreds of hours billed, urging her to think of ways he was his kid’s only ally? and only needed him? <BR/><BR/>She says she had no idea this man could step over the line any more than any other? . But don't you all see something strange about someone is so obsessed that he doesn't see how much his children need others, including their mother, grandmother and other family members? <BR/><BR/>And he was always on the phone trying to get what? More time, Christmas instead of Thanksgiving, longer summers, whatever. She knew he did not have his kid’s best interest in mind. But how many of her clients do? Right? So why is he her problem? <BR/><BR/>I can't believe that she didn't see his obsession as problematic. But if she did, maybe she would have to take personal responsibility, instead of dropping it on the family court. She would have to say, well, I knew the whole thing was wrong, wrong, wrong, and she should have insisted her law firm pull the plug on the playboy, father wannabe who spent all of his time fighting to see his kids instead of being with them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com