February 2023 Bar Bulletin
By Kim Schnuelle
A young woman (Caroline) comes into your office. She and her Husband (Ray) have been trying to navigate their divorce without counsel and she is at an impasse. Although Ray has never been violent or threated violence with her or the children, he is verbally abusive to her at nearly every interaction, often calling her “stupid” and “useless.” She shows you a recording she made during a visitation exchange where, after she told him she was recording their conversation, he looked directly at the camera and called her a “cow.”1 She hands you a series of texts where he calls her “lazy” and a “sloth.” She tells...