April 24, 2021 Dear Friends: Some 76 years ago today, in 1945, one Charlie R. Hayes enlisted in the Army. With Germany’s surrender in a few days, all that remained was to train for the invasion of the Japanese home islands–an invasion that did not occur, hence allowing said Charlie R. to return home, marry, …
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April 17, 2021 Dear Friends: Table of Contents The Supreme Court does not often weigh in on error preservation, but I want to thank my friend David Gunn for bringing to my attention that it did so twice this week, in the same case. The Court addressed an objection concerning an expert witness’s failure to …
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April 13, 2021 Dear Friends: Table of Contents Courts rarely analyze whether a complaint was sufficiently specific-but here is one which did, and another which arguably did Legal Sufficiency You have to comply with the pertinent rules Findings Your complaint on appeal must comport with your complaint at trial Spousal Maintenance The Blurbs Courts rarely …
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April 12, 2021 Dear Folks: Still catching up, but I anticipate I will have done so by the time this weekend rolls around. Table of Contents Sometimes, the circumstances will show that you had no reason to complain before you did Child Support You have to get a ruling on your objection–though I will point …
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April 7, 2021 Dear Friends: Sorry for the absence. The pesky day job kept getting in the way. Table of Contents As far as I can recall, here is the first case holding that you have to raise a due process complaint in the trial court about the court conducting a Zoom trial Due Process …
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