Law Humor

By Judge Jerry Buchmeyer

From Judge Tom Bacus of Wichita Falls (County Court at Law Number Two), this excerpt from a hearing to probate the will of a client's only remaining parent." Judge Bacus explains that the attorney - whose practice consists primarily of family law - followed "the usual litany of questions necessary to prove the death facts and admission of the will to probate,' and closed with these questions:

Q. Now, Mrs. James, no other child was born to or adopted by the deceased?

A. No.

Q. And no child is expected?

A. That's right.

As Judge Bacus notes: "sometimes it's just hard to shift gears."

Full post as published by Say What! on January 09, 2008 (boomark / email).