Bennett And Vail's Child Support Analysis

Judge Channing Bennett and Avery’s Child Support Walking into the courtroom was an experience in itself, preparing for whatever dull or typical case would entertain my sights for the rest of the hour. A young and nimble man in a hoodless sweatshirt stood poised at the defendant’s table with an empty chair beside him. The prosecutor 's table supplied an older man and a young auburn haired woman, seated and watching as the older man shuffled through paperwork. Two women sat in the benches behind the defendant, and a well dressed balding man sat on the opposing side. A long discussion was being had in correlation to job wages and newfound work. My first thought would be that this was not the case I had intended to see, …show more content…
Judge Bennett sat with a veil of patience to mask his twiddling thumbs until the defendant finally tugged a slip of paper from his pile with victor in his stance and announced it to be a form to cover the fees of babysitting he spent on his custody days with the child that he could not be present for due to selective military hours. Realization hit at this point, knowing that I was now witnessing a family court case well into the hour that my misdemeanor trial was set to take place. Jogging down notes proceeded as the Judge began to lecture the defendant for not having a copy of his paperwork to offer both him as the judge, the prosecutor, and he the defendant. The defendant roughly apologized, as the judicial clerk circled back to the defendant’s table with his slip of paper, which the defendant tried to jam back into his pile before the judge sighed heavily and suggested that if he wants the paperwork to hold validity he should supply it to the prosecutor to look over and then let the judge review