Georgia

In case there's any question divorce in Georgia isn't politics at its purest; consider the musings of AJC editor, Jim Wooten, on Valentine's Day.

"Is there any possible way House Speaker Glenn Richardson's divorce filing could have been more badly handled? A judge who never should have touched it. A clerk of court who refused to show a reporter a public document. A file questionably sealed. This is a bad scene guaranteed to get worse."

Would you want former NY judge and deadbeat dad, Reynold Mason, your Metro Brokers agent? Even an arrest and jailing couldn't motivate the guy to pay back support.
(We worry is he might treat his clients like family.)

Ralph Sampson arrested for not paying child-support.

The law firm of Hill Kertchner and Warner exemplify the reason why people don't trust attorneys. As their inaction demonstrates, They are, Exhibit A why we wouldn't trust this firm for our business needs.

Representing web hosting company, Affinity;Hill Kertchner and Warner,at the direction of Scott Wharton, continue to allow Ron, forced-to-resign-with-charges-pending, Lais the ability to rake in victims via his family law "consulting" scams.

Originally arrested on five felony charges of impersonating an attorney; Lais, who has also been featured in the San Francisco Chronicle and the New York Times, merely thew up his Affinity hosted website, and continued ripping people off. Lais' trial was delayed as the Complaint was frequently amended to include newer victims. Trial in Santa Monica, California, set for May 16, 2005; now boasts a the total of Thirty, felony charges. However,

Hill Kertchner and Warner via, Scott Wharton, was made aware of this, in mid-September, 2004; andprovided with case numbers and the direct telephone number of the prosecutor, Ray Armstrong.

Hill Kertchner and Warner was likewise made aware Lais registering names, not his, to annoy and harass those bringing his scam to greater public view.

Hill Kertchner and Warner's response, via Scott Wharton, was to tell the individuals complaining, who faxed their request to remove the sites, not to telephone their office, in September. Wharton's tone was a sneer.

We know lawyers protect other lawyers. But protecting former lawyers facing so many felony charges is a bit much.

Now, about divorce. Collaborative Law is great, if you want to pay money without a result; and should be avoided when you know your partner will want to litigate. However, the bigger issue involves Georgia judges who award custody to the economically superior parent, regardless of fitness of that parent, seldom addressed by the old, mainstream press.

It's important to remember that State Legislators, who found time to vote for "grits" as the official State Food for Georgia, could not put together either a Child Endangerment Act, or a child support bill that made sense.

Remember, Georgia, a state whose foster care system is so bad, it rated a cover story for Time magazine, more aptly than most, demonstrates their low regard for children.

A quick survey of the, Judicial Qualifications Commissions reveals they concentrate more on "appearances" than matters involving actual bias and judges refusing to uphold the laws of the State of Georgia.

In that the job is to protect the public, the secrecy this Commission surrounds itself is suspect, at best. Our ongoing experience with this particular less than august body, reveals arrogance at levels sanity does not intrude.

Our research indicates, when it comes to crooked counties, the leader of the pack is Carroll.

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