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| A lawyer wants to represent his wife in a child custody matter involving her former husband. Opposing counsel has moved to disqualify the lawyer because he must be a witness. Because the wife does not intend to call her lawyer-husband as a witness and it is not obvious that the lawyer "ought" to be called as a witness "simply by virtue of his status as husband of Client and stepfather of the child," the lawyer may continue to represent his wife -- even if opposing party calls him as a witness -- unless his testimony prejudices his wife. |