No real news. The first hearing was just to see if my daughter was going to appear and to tell her not to leave the jurisdiction until the case is settled. Our lawyer asked for a dismissal, but the judge wants to hold the evidentiary hearing before ruling on that. It will probably happen in a few weeks. Paul On Mar 27, 2007, at 10:06 AM, mike wilson wrote:
> >> >> From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: 2007/03/27 Tue PM 01:30:53 GMT >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: OT: Wish Me Luck >> >> Be happy:-). Just a cross cultural screw up on my part. "Tax dollars" >> is such a common expression here that it slipped out unnoticed. >> Paul > > Just hope I'm lightening your day. What news? > >> On Mar 27, 2007, at 8:54 AM, mike wilson wrote: >> >>> >>>> >>>> From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> Date: 2007/03/26 Mon PM 07:48:59 GMT >>>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >>>> Subject: Re: OT: Wish Me Luck >>>> >>>> The father has a recent conviction for drug possession and no job, >>>> yet UK legal aid still allowed him to bring this suit and >>>> apparently >>>> is paying the US lawyers $700 an hour for their services. Now >>>> our UK >>>> friends know where there tax dollars are going. >>>> Paul >>> >>> I pay tax in _dollars_? Don't know whether to be annoyed that I'm >>> in the 51st state or happy that my bill just reduced by 50%. >>> >>>> On Mar 26, 2007, at 11:53 AM, Jim King wrote: >>>> >>>>> keith_w wrote on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 23:58:07 -0800: >>>>>> (snip) >>>>>> Misleading! >>>>>> As I understand it, that child is in the custody of the >>>>>> mother, and >>>>>> both >>>>>> are currently living with blood relatives. It's not as tho' it >>>>>> were >>>>>> kidnapped to a foreign country by non-parents. >>>>> >>>>> Exactly! My problem is that one can apparently be brought into >>>>> court, requiring expensive legal representation, for reasons >>>>> having >>>>> to do more with malice than with equity. The legal system >>>>> needs to >>>>> filter out cases without merit before allowing charges or a >>>>> tort to >>>>> be brought, and there should be consequences for those bringing >>>>> baseless cases before the court. Our system seems to reward >>>>> lawyers >>>>> for such behavior. >>>>> >>>>> But then, I'm not a lawyer; what do I know? >>>>> >>>>> Regards, Jim >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> >>> >>> >>> ----------------------------------------- >>> Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email >>> Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > > ----------------------------------------- > Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
