Recently the office has been asked to get involved in a few guardianship contests.
It's things like these that rip your guts out, seeing the breakdown of families, the heavy cost of addiction, the fight, spite and agendas of people with children caught in the middle.
Cases like these would bring the most vocal agnostic or skeptic to his knees in prayer, if you have any sensitivity and are touched by the plight of mother's fighting hostile relatives, or grandmother's having to face-off with their own child because they can't see that daughter's child get lost like her previous children to the side effects of unaddressed addiction.
You practice law involving families probate, trusts and wills, divorce, guardianship...ANY of these things and you're going to end up with a practical PhD in addiction and recovery. Addiction directly effects the lives of six people around you. It takes a heavy toll, and truth be told, the rate of success in recovery in far less than people would think.
