Divorce Law-Criminal Law Connection

Divorces typically turn into a he-said-she-said affair. Judges more
than anyone are immune to the constant suggestions to outright
accusations that the other party is a horrible person. That doesn't
mean that an attorney should not zealously portray the other party as
negatively as possible but, rather, that they should do their homework
first.

If the other party is, in fact, a bad person, they are likely to have
a criminal conviction. A good lawyer should check to see if a
conviction does exist and, if so, get a certified disposition of that
case.

In the many early emergency hearings of a divorce, the attorney can
present this certified disposition to the judge as relevant evidence.
For example, that mom doesn't feel comfortable with dad picking the
kids up because he had a DUI last year.

By presenting this certified and independent evidence to the judge, an
attorney is able to wake the judge out of his or her "he-said-she-said
stupor" and begin portraying their client as the good guy and the
other party as the bad guy.

This strategy has worked well for me. In one case, I had temporary
custody revoked because I was able to show that Dad was convicted of
assaulting a 12 year old the prior year.

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