Thanks Tim. And that's a great idea. I'm going to bring quite a few pictures. All of her birthdays, Christmas, that shot with my mom and more. Paul On Mar 26, 2007, at 11:54 AM, Tim Øsleby wrote:
> I feel I "know" Grace, so hearing this makes me angry. Judging from > the > facts I have I don't give the scumbag much of a chance in court. > But you > should not have to deal with this. All the stress a situation like > this > causes. > > Please keep me informed Paul, on or off list. > > One little idea Paul. Bring the picture of Grace and you mom to the > lawyer. > Used the right way it could influence the court decision. It makes > a very > strong statement saying that Grace is taken well care off where she > is. > > > Tim Typo > Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Paul > Stenquist > Sent: 26. mars 2007 01:52 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: OT: Wish Me Luck > > 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 > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
