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2-Adversity to Former Clients

73-Family Law Lawyers

A lawyer may not represent the mother in a custody dispute after having previously represented the grandparents in a separate custody proceeding, because it was "extremely likely" that the mother's interests would be adverse to the grandparents (the representation would also be impermissible if the lawyer had obtained confidences from the grandparents that could now be used against them).

Copyright 2000, Thomas E. Spahn