Good luck with this, Paul. I hope it all goes your way. I'll have to talk to my brother about this when I see him tomorrow. I was wholly unaware that the legal system worked that way in England. He's been a college professor in Durham for the last decade. I'd like to hear his take on this especially now since he's both a British Subject and an American Citizen (or so he says...).
-Brendan --- Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The nightmare had become reality. Late Friday a > United States > Marshall came to our front door with legal papers > served for Grace's > father. He's an unemployed alcoholic, part-time drug > dealer who lives > near Edinburg, Scotland. But like all citizens of > the Uk, he's > entitled to free legal aid. So when my daughter, who > was tired of > being beaten and locked in an apartment, fled > Scotland with Grace, he > sought legal aid. He doesn't really want Grace. He > wants to punish my > daughter for leaving him. But the UK legal aid > system is monstrous. > They were able to retain the best law firm in > Michigan to represent > him. The law firm evidently was able to pull some > strings. We weren't > served papers until Friday night for a Monday court > appearance. The > first lawyer my daughter talked to wanted a 20K US > retainer just to > show up. Luckily, I have some friends in law as > well. I eventually > found a very aggressive young woman lawyer who will > represent us > tomorrow. I still have to come up with a six K > retainer, but that's > better than twenty K. I think the Brits and their > social welfare > state should go directly to hell. > Paul > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
