No where to go but up

It's amazing the things people do to mess up their lives. Take, for instance, the young lady who came into my law library the other day.  Seems lady had a husband, beautiful children, and lived in a house.  In summer, they went on vacation back east, in winter they vacationed in Aspen.  It was a great life. Was.

One day, lady met a guy at work.  Guy wasn't anything great except that Guy was new.  Lady wanted new.  Apparently, she wanted it so much that, after work one day, she told her husband that she was moving in with Guy and would be back to pick up her 3-year old son.

Husband was not happy and he filed for divorce the next day. After lady had been served, she flipped out and attacked husband.  Husband called the police, police arrested lady and charges her with domestic violence under California Penal Code 243 and Husband got a restraining order against lady.  The next night, lady came back and was arrested for violating the restraining order.  Lady is now standing in front of me trying to figure out how to get her cake, eat it, and get custody of her kids.

Thing is, it's usually the guy who is standing in front of me trying to get custody of his kids.  Anyway, I'm thinking lady is screwed (what with a misdemeanor hanging over her head like a Sword of Damocles) but I suggest she take a look at:

• California Practice Guide: Family Law (TR)
• California Family Law Practice and Procedure (Lexis)
• California Child Custody Litigation and Practice (CEB)
• Handling Child Custody, Abuse, and Adoption Cases (TR)

and off she went [unknowingly) plotting her demise.

Yep, it amazes me sometimes the things people do to get what they think they want.  It's for those times that your local county law library is open and at the ready to help you when you hit rock bottom.