To maintain a blog means you gotta have tips. That nice little compact list of important things. So, below is a list that fits my "pretty good" category of such lists, courtesy of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers:
10 Tips for Divorcing Parents
1. Never disparage your former spouse in front of the children. That person is your child's father or mother.
2. Do not use your children as messengers.
3. Reassure your children that you love them and the divorce is not their fault.
4. Encourage your children to see your former spouse frequently.
5. Treat your children's interests as paramount.
6. Do not let your children act as your caretaker. There are other professionals, associates, and friends for that.
7. If you have a drug or alcohol problem, get treatment.
8. If you are not the custodial parent, pay child support.
9. If you are the custodial parent, do not complain to your children that you are not getting child support.
10. If at all possible, do not uproot your children.
Take heed, I'd say. Consider, I'd say. Pretty good, I'd say.
Glad I got that posted, in the event you were thinking "this guy's not really a lawyer," simply because the blog had no post with a list.
Since we've established this as the lists post, below is a non-obligatory list by you know who. Courtesy of D. Letterman's home office in Wahoo, NE., here are:
Top Ten Signs You've Hired a Bad Lawyer.
10. Begins every sentence with "Well, as Ally McBeal once said..."
9. He keeps citing the legal case of Godzilla vs. Mothra.
8. Just before the trial starts he whispers, "The judge is the one with the little hammer, right?"
7. He thinks he'll win your case, "because there's a first time for everything"
6. He once failed to get a conviction of O.J. Simpson.
5. Whenever he says, "Your Honor" he makes those little quotation marks in the air.
4. Sign in front of law office reads, "Practicing Law Since 2:45."
3. Begins by telling jury, "You all look like you should be on Jerry Springer."
2. Giggles every time he hears the word "briefs."
1. His phone number: 1-600-SHYSTER.