Hold a Court Now Episode 23

Family aid and career options

Qin meets someone at the event who has similar law interests. He is a fan of her videos and has offered her membership in a family aid program that exclusively works to help family legal matters. To avoid an outing with his parents, Shen tags along with his friend and finds Qin at the same event. Both are unhappy to see each other at a singles event as neither have really moved on. The irony with these two is they never started either. They are in limbo trying to determine where they are headed professionally and dealing with these choices forcibly keeping them from the person they care most about. Shen’s case is about a couple that have been together 40 years and the husband finds out their son is not his. He is hurt and angry and wants a divorce. The woman never told her husband she was assaulted when drunk and her consequence was an unexpected pregnancy. The son is disabled so that adds to the mix as he is a childlike adult and cannot support himself. Shen worries that the mother will opt for suicide for her and son and the husband benefits most from his wife’s care. Qin is continuing with her non-litigation insurance case and has asked about working with the family aid program since the firm lacked hours with this type of work. She was granted permission and bumps into the guy she met at the event who looks quite happy to see her there. Shen is walking outside the courthouse weighing his options. I think he is measuring the balance of good he can accomplish between family and criminal law. He sees the enduring effects of family law and mitigation and that there are no easy fixes. The consequences can be lifelong and while not as prestigious as the high court, argument can be made that society benefits more from family court decisions when judgment chooses the best welfare for the family.

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