How To Adopt A Child Without A Lawyer

hi my name is scott and today we'regoing to talk about how to testify in court this is very important and seldomdiscussed with clients. i'm going to take a few minutes so you can have the benefit oftestifying in court and being

How To Adopt A Child Without A Lawyer, i'm the best presentation the firstthing to remember is that it is a formal proceeding so we want to dress formally for the gentlemen i recommend suit andtie and for the ladies of course a conservative dress or suit as well

you're being judged the moment you walkinto the courtroom before we even open our mouths to speak or testify oraddress the court, we are being addressed on how we appear sowe want to have our best appearance secondly when we address the court wewonder just the court as your honor i do not recommend that we speak to thejudge as judge because i think that's less formal wealways address the court as your honor when their court ask a question we sayyes your honor and then explain the answer, third,manytimes in trial the person testifying will say somethingthat you don't like

it is crucial not they have emotionaloutburst to say for example that's not true i stronglyrecommend that we have a pad of paper next to you you write down your notes you give ityour lawyer slide across the table for a lawyer to read but to limit the amount of the emotionaloutburst in court, the court will admonish you the court will instruct the lawyer to control his or her client and to maintain court civility. youreally want to make sure your that you maintain your control in thecourtroom and the last point please do

not speak to your lawyer while somebodyelse's testifying again write notes to your lawyer but ifyou tend to whisper in the in the lawyers ear the lawyer can not hear what was being testified to and the lawyer may miss an opportunity to object to the questionobject to something or miss the answer which might becrucial in the case because if you feel the need to speak your attorney i'm sureit's very important but you don't want to are prevent the attorney from listeningto the testimony it's been given

write it on paper slide to the attorneylet the attorney we did if necessary we'll take a break orrecess and have all your concerns addressed