I went to a family court hearing once where the father, representing himself, was wearing a Navy officer uniform. The judge asked him if he was in the Navy or had ever been in the Navy, and the guy said no. When asked why he was in the uniform then, he said that he wore it "as a sign of character."
I didn't see that part but the fake uniform was honestly the least of his problem custody-wise. One person not surprised appeared to be his ex(?)-wife, whose reaction to the uniform was much more "of couse he did." than "what's he doing?".
I do legal transcription and cases with pro se litigants are my least favorite. They either don't know what they're doing, or they're up to some sort of nonsense, or sometimes both.
i used to work in the baltimore city family courts and a cape wouldnt even make us blink. youre competing against the guy with a HUGE tits out car girl framed poster over his shoulder and dab rig on the table. you gotta play to win
When my parents were getting divorced in the 90s my mom let me dress myself and my dad used it as evidence that she wasn't raising me right. The court sided with him.
It was just before my ninth or tenth birthday, can't remember which. I wore a button up shirt, cargo shorts and a big stupid cape I became obsessed with the previous Halloween when I dressed as Dracula. There were other reasons the judge chose my dad, but the cape really sticks out in my mind haha
The inside of the cape is a print of the us constitution so that when the judge gives you no custody you can flip it and make a real statement. The bailiff will render you unconscious
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In all fairness, I did, in fact, wear a cape