July 2021

July 30, 2021 Dear Friends: Caught up-until tomorrow. Table of Contents You can first raise some complaints on appeal–lack of standing, for example Standing For the most part, though, your objection at trial must be timely in order to preserve your complaint Evidence Jury Trial You have to comply with other pertinent rules Capacity While […]

July 30, 2021 Dear Friends: Still trying to catch up on the backlog, but I’m whittling it down.  Interestingly, I see what I think (based on my faulty memory) is a trend I normally see this time of year–the courts addressing error preservation issues on cases in the family law area. Table of Contents You

July 10-17, 2021 Dear Friends: Well-I’m making headway. Table of Contents Your objection at trial must be timely in order to preserve your complaint Evidence You have to get a ruling on your objection Hearsay You don’t see trial by consent come up very often, but here is one case which addressed it Pleading While

July 17-24, 2021 Dear Friends: I haven’t made much headway in working through the backlog, but I will go back and catch the cases from June 26 through July 17.  In the meantime, here is this week’s collection: Table of Contents One court provided a thorough discussion of two preservation requirements, and we’ll start with

July 17, 2021 Dear Friends: Well, owing to the pesky day job of practicing law, I fell several weeks’ behind on error preservation decisions.  I’ll try to catch up this next week.  Here is the first installment, for the cases in the week ending June 26: Table of Contents The Supreme Court reminds of the