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“Exaggeration is the enemy of credibility”: Court offers tips on “lowering the rhetorical temperature” between family litigants

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“Exaggeration is the enemy of credibility”: Court offers tips on “lowering the rhetorical temperature” between family litigants FamilyLLB As we noted in our recent Blog about a case called Alsawwah v. Afifi, the court dealt with two warring spouses who attacked each other with it called a “rhetorical fierceness that one would expect of a mixed martial arts cage match.” As an add-on to the court’s decision-making on the spouses’ substantive dispute over who would get exclusive possession of their matrimonial home, the court offered some practical advice, not only for these parties, but for all litigants and the entire legal profession. READ MORE

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