I love/hate trials

I have a hearing tomorrow on spousal support. It may not be a big deal, and then again it might be. It depends on the judge and the opposing counsel as to how difficult this will be.

I am representing the wife who is requesting spousal support. She is earning about $1200 per month, while he is earning about $6200 per month. There's just something not right about that.

Typically, women go into the toilet while the man does better, after a divorce. I'm not particularly fond of women going after men for money, but when the woman gave up her career to stay home and take care of the family, and now she's in her 50's and has no way to make a decent living, he should at least help out until she can get some kind of training so that she can earn more than $8 per hour.

I love trials because I love what I do, and I'm competitive. I hate them because of the stress of the responsibility of what I do.

I have already been in court once against this attorney, and he wasn't very much fun. He says things that are misleading, so you have to stay on your toes and be extremely focused. I think I have all my papers in order and I think I've become very familiar with the case. We'll see.