24 Petty Grievances Witnessed by Family Court Lawyers
‘Paid $2000 of his wife’s attorney’s fees in pennies’
Legal proceedings bring out the worst in people. Case in point: One Redditor remembers a client who included “a chunk of pork in the freezer” among her list of assets during divorce proceedings, which in addition to being extremely petty, is a level of porcine loyalty most of us can’t relate to.
Other clerks and attorneys have weighed in on the wildest antics and pettiest grievances they’ve witnessed in family court, and it all gets dark fast, like with the incredibly bleak argument two parents had over their dying child’s last wish.