Damn it!! Will be praying for the absolute best outcome. I think we all feel as parents to your beautiful Grace.
Jack --- 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 > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
