VISITATION RIGHTS
Added on: 21st Nov 2014
MY LAW PARTNER WAS PRESENTING A
NO-FAULT DIVORCE CASE TO AN OHIO
DOMESTIC-RELATIONS COURT.
THE COUPLE INVOLVED HAD NO CHILDREN,
BUT THEY DID HAVE A DOG,
OF WHOM BOTH WERE VERY FOND.
MY PARTNER STATED THAT BOTH PARTIES
AGREED TO SHARE WHATEVER MEDICAL
EXPENSES MIGHT BE NECESSARY FOR
THE CARE OF THE ANIMAL.
THEY ALSO AGREED THAT THE WIFE WOULD
HAVE CUSTODY, BUT THAT THE HUSBAND
WOULD BE ALLOWED VISITATION RIGHTS.
THE JUDGE, LOOKING SOMEWHAT STARTLED,
PEERED DOWN AT THE HUSBAND AND ASKED,
"IS THIS TRUE?"
THE HUSBAND REPLIED,
"YES, YOUR HONOUR."
"WELL," INTONED THE JUDGE, WITH A TRACE
OF A SMILE ON HIS FACE,
"YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT THERE IS NOTHING THIS
COURT CAN DO FOR YOU IF THE DOG
REFUSES TO SEE YOU."
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