Another Year, Another Divorce

January in our business typically booms, and I am happy to report this year is no exception.
We are all happy to end the holidays which are usually spent with much too much family. The artificial rat race to a stress heart attack we are all conditioned to follow starting the week before Thanksgiving and not ending until New Year's Day usually brings and end to the lull of business before the holidays. This year was an exception. If you read my blog at all you know that I had 5 trials scheduled between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Not all of them went to trial, but all of them had to be prepped and dealt with to various degrees. The "break" I was used to did not exist this year and the Holidays always a stressful time wore me down completely. Thankfully the extended time off restored my body and spirit and I live to fight another day.
The new year has brought with it a client who failed to heed my many warnings about the nefarious nature of her husband and one day came home to find almost one million dollars in assets disappear. Another client had her Christmas tree stolen by her soon to be ex husband. One potential client wanted me to draft a custody agreement involving the party's pets, complete with a visitation schedule and support obligation. All in all 2008 promises to be yet another banner year in the field of matrimonial law, as we soon begin the rotation of the judges we see some friendly faces disappear and wonder how the new crop of black robed ones view myself and my colleagues and more importantly how they view their role in the matrimonial law process. Happy New Year!