Our district judge was in a good mood today when he tolerated a couple trying to get divorced when the case was set for an "agreed prove up."
They both approached the bench, the judge asked to see the paperwork about the agreement, and the guy says she still had "some of my stuff."
Judge: "So this isn't really isn't agreed, is it?"
Him: "She can have her divorce, I just want my stuff."
But the guy had a hard time coming up with a list of property that he was owed. Normally, you'd see a judge tell them to come back when everything is agreed to or go hire a lawyer if it was going to be a fight. But he worked through it and got them divorced. (The ex-husband will get his "collectible beer" back, by the way.)
Then the soon-to-be-divorced guy made me feel a little sad when he announced, "Thirty five years [of marriage] wasted." But his dramatic exit out of the courtroom kind went awry when he smashed in the back door (you pull it, don't push it.)
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2.23.2009
The People's Court
Our district judge was in a good mood today when he tolerated a couple trying to get divorced when the case was set for an "agreed prove up."
They both approached the bench, the judge asked to see the paperwork about the agreement, and the guy says she still had "some of my stuff."
Judge: "So this isn't really isn't agreed, is it?"
Him: "She can have her divorce, I just want my stuff."
But the guy had a hard time coming up with a list of property that he was owed. Normally, you'd see a judge tell them to come back when everything is agreed to or go hire a lawyer if it was going to be a fight. But he worked through it and got them divorced. (The ex-husband will get his "collectible beer" back, by the way.)
Then the soon-to-be-divorced guy made me feel a little sad when he announced, "Thirty five years [of marriage] wasted." But his dramatic exit out of the courtroom kind went awry when he smashed in the back door (you pull it, don't push it.)
