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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I see this behavior in a lot of lawyers (I'm one myself).

The trial, the all-important trial.  God help everyone else on earth, because the all-important trial must give way.  Nothing else is as important.  Nothing can get in the way of preparation for the all-important trial.  God help anyone who has any needs at all during trial preparation.

Ridiculous.  Ridonkulous.[/quote]

Sounds like you've never actually been on trial. [/quote]

I'm not the PP, but it doesn't matter. A death in the family does, in fact, trump a legal trial.[/quote]

But it's not an immediate family member. It's OP's mom's BF's mom! OP's client, the judge and all the witnesses who set aside time to be there aren't going to care. I'm not saying the mom shouldn't have gone, but OP is stuck. [/quote]

OP's mom has been dating this man for decades. It is his immediate family member. She could have given OP more notice, I agree, but it wouldn't have changed the fact that OP would need to find back-up child care for next week.

Sure, the judge, witnesses, etc. won't care that OP's mom had a family emergency and could not care for her kids as planned. That's why OP and her husband need to put on their thinking caps and find back-up child care.

If you're insinuating that OP's mom should tell her boyfriend, "sorry your mom died in a car crash, but I can't come because the judges and witnesses involved in my DD's trial won't understand!" then you are insane.

OP is not stuck. She can get on her neighborhood list serv. She can call one of the many child care agencies. She has options.[/quote]

You are reading way too much into my post. I was responding to the PP who said this situation trumps a trial. I was simply saying that OP is stuck with the trial. I never said OP's mom shouldn't go. I also don't think OP is being unreasonable by feeling frustrated at the situation. I think a lot of us would feel that way under the circumstances. [/quote]

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