So sorry to hear. I hope you can prevail tomorrow. -- Bruce
Sunday, March 25, 2007, 4:51:45 PM, you wrote: PS> The nightmare had become reality. Late Friday a United States PS> Marshall came to our front door with legal papers served for Grace's PS> father. He's an unemployed alcoholic, part-time drug dealer who lives PS> near Edinburg, Scotland. But like all citizens of the Uk, he's PS> entitled to free legal aid. So when my daughter, who was tired of PS> being beaten and locked in an apartment, fled Scotland with Grace, he PS> sought legal aid. He doesn't really want Grace. He wants to punish my PS> daughter for leaving him. But the UK legal aid system is monstrous. PS> They were able to retain the best law firm in Michigan to represent PS> him. The law firm evidently was able to pull some strings. We weren't PS> served papers until Friday night for a Monday court appearance. The PS> first lawyer my daughter talked to wanted a 20K US retainer just to PS> show up. Luckily, I have some friends in law as well. I eventually PS> found a very aggressive young woman lawyer who will represent us PS> tomorrow. I still have to come up with a six K retainer, but that's PS> better than twenty K. I think the Brits and their social welfare PS> state should go directly to hell. PS> Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
