All lawyers have tough, demanding jobs, but no lawyer can really say that their job is tough until they take on a family law case. Well, at least thats how family lawyers see things. What makes family law so tough is not the law, really, but the issues our clients are faced with and which we are oftentimes forced to resolve. Who is going to get the house? Will I receive enough support to keep the house? Is the house going to go into foreclosure? Where will our children live? When will our children see the other parent? Why wont the other parent pay me child support? Will I be allowed to move with my children to another state?
Family lawyers can easily find themselves entangled in the web of emotions that is a divorce, and enthralled in the minutia of their clients daily lives. It is easy to become emotional about our clients and their causes, but there is a fine line between the zealous advocate and the emotional advocate. As lawyers, we need to remember where to draw that line so that we remain zealous without becoming a third-party emotional basket case.
