Sing it. I'm with you. I watched it recently, thinking, "what the hell is going on here?" over and over again.

I was in the mood for a treacly romantic movie so I rewatched it recently, and it was just dreadful. For all the reasons Lindy said, but which are hard to verbalize. I'm so glad she's here to verbalize for us. Thanks Lindy.

Aw crap, this sucks. I just love Bilbo Watson so much.

Any reference to Diva Plathalaguna makes me happy. Supergreen.

Yah, it's more of a remote-controlled piano.

Did you watch it? This is a little different from a player piano.

This might be helpful to pass along to the prosecutors in your jurisdiction. It's Washington State's prosecutors handbook for working with domestic violence cases, and includes a lot of info on bringing cases where victims won't testify. I'm not saying it's all sunlight and roses here — quite the contrary — but people…

Going back to where we started here, you have a good point that prosecutions are more difficult without the victim's testimony. I would add that trying to force a victim to testify is pointless, counterproductive and further hurts the victim. The prosecutors and DV experts I have talked to about this are well aware. I…

I'm not sure what you're angry about. Are you angry that the prosecutors in my jurisdiction prosecute domestic violence offenders? My apologies.

Agreed. The only thing humorous here is the sad inevitability of it. She is perhaps playing on that, but a little too subtly.

lol

Sorry, no documentation. Just many conversations with police officers and DV advocates over the years. Plus personal experience of a client of mine (I don't practice in DV, but the areas overlap). Washington.
There's another area where charges are generally brought without the victim's testimony: homicide. Pretty…

It's not super rare. Sounds like you live in a pretty terrible jurisdiction, though.

I don't know about Florida, but it doesn't have to be a law. Experienced domestic violence investigators (officers, detectives) know that victims are unlikely to testify. They routinely investigate cases assuming they won't. Prosecutors make decisions on whether to prosecute based on the facts they have available to…

Yes! Sanity, thank you. I AM a lawyer, and you are correct.

Seriously. All the accidents and traffic tickets in my household were achieved by my man.

Ah, agreed.

Yes, this is what's driving me nuts here. It didn't bind HER anyway.

Not only that, she didn't even sign it. Her husband did. It never bound her in the first place. They should at least talk to a lawyer, there are probably many would would take it on contingency.

She didn't actually sign it. Her husband did. It doesn't even apply to her. This couple is making a terrible choice not even talking to a lawyer. The laws regarding credit reporting include damages. A good lawyer in their jurisdiction might well do it on contingency and make them both some money.