Q. re Court Assistance

"dani" wrote in message
news
Does anyone have any case cites or statutes that allows one to assis
a father during trial. This is in California, but any info even from
another state would be welcome.

Thanks,

~ Dani

Try looking up something like a MacKenzie Friend (I think that is it). I
used one in my custody trial (he was a friend of mine, and his purpose was
there to act as a dispassionate observer to keep me on track and to write
down questions that I might forget to use in a cross (when my ex was on the
stand).

This was a common law jurisdiction (i.e. not the US) but you might be able
to come across sites that way.

On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 18:44:10 +0800, Rambler wrote:

"dani" wrote in message
news
Does anyone have any case cites or statutes that allows one to assis a
father during trial. This is in California, but any info even from
another state would be welcome.

Thanks,

~ Dani

Try looking up something like a MacKenzie Friend (I think that is it). I
used one in my custody trial (he was a friend of mine, and his purpose was
there to act as a dispassionate observer to keep me on track and to write
down questions that I might forget to use in a cross (when my ex was on
the stand).

This was a common law jurisdiction (i.e. not the US) but you might be able
to come across sites that way.

I found a lot of references to the use of a "McKenzie friend" in the U.K.,
AU, and NZ but nothing in the U.S. Good enough, we'll do it and use the
McKenzie U.K. case as precedent. I'll let you know how it went.

~ Dani

On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 18:44:10 +0800, Rambler wrote:

"dani" wrote in message
news
Does anyone have any case cites or statutes that allows one to assis a
father during trial. This is in California, but any info even from
another state would be welcome.

Thanks,

~ Dani

Try looking up something like a MacKenzie Friend (I think that is it). I
used one in my custody trial (he was a friend of mine, and his purpose was
there to act as a dispassionate observer to keep me on track and to write
down questions that I might forget to use in a cross (when my ex was on
the stand).

This was a common law jurisdiction (i.e. not the US) but you might be able
to come across sites that way.

I found a lot of references to the use of a "McKenzie friend" in the U.K.,
AU, and NZ but nothing in the U.S. Good enough, we'll do it and use the
McKenzie U.K. case as precedent. I'll let you know how it went.

~ Dani