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Ohmygod! Mr Quizzy-Poo, you know that the fuzzball is a person!

And I'm in the security department, but like Mr Cobalt and Gramps have decided that I'm not allowed to go to that weird club where Ol' Stoopid is...

So I want to like sue for my independence from Gramps.

Quis, in the current Legion comic Tenzil is a Special Prosecutor. At what age could someone become a Special Prosecutor today? Right out of law school?

Everyday Girl, Does your Grandfather have legal custody of you or do your parents still retain legal custody? The answer to that question would determine who you would have to sue for emancipation.

Then you would have to provide a detail explanation of why you should be emancipated.

FC,

As far as I know there is no age requirements for being a special prosecutor (or for law school attendance). And I would say that a person would have to also pass a bar exam and not just graduate from law school(where you earn a JD - Justis Doctorate, not Juvenile Delinquent) before being able to be a special prosecutor. Beyond that a person would most likely need some on the job legal experience and/or political connections in order to be appointed a special prosecutor.

Quis, why is it illegal for Green Lanterns to be on Earth on Mondays?

Could you link me to the statute?

...sorry; it's a 5YL reference. I forgot your unnatural aversion to 5YL.

basically, Tenzil is representing Brek in court; he asks for a postponement. The judge says his schedule is too busy; he has to do XYZ on Thursday and Friday, and rule whether GLs woul remain barred from Earth on Monday. Tenzil replies, "strange that thy would only be barred from Earth on Mondays."

I got the 5YL reference (although not the Monday part)

It actually came about when Earth first tried to ban Green Lanterns from Earth. The Green Lantern of Sector 2814, at the time, was a practical joker (from a long line of practical jokers) named Justin Thyme. Justin used his ring to constantly hover 2 feet off the ground and he would say in a sing-song voice "I'm not on the Earth! I'm not on the Earth!" Realizing how stupid it was to try to ban Green Lanterns, the Earth government recinded the ban. However Justin continued to hover and say "I'm not on the Earth!" The Earth government appealed to the Guardians for help. They forbade Justin from doing what he had been doing. Justin obeyed the Guardians, but became somewhat depressed.

Later during a Major crisis (it crossed over all comic books, even those not published by DC) Justin defied the whole universe to defend the Earth. A grateful Earth honored Justin by re-banning Green Lanterns from Earth, but because they did not want to hear Justin's taunts all the time, they only banned Green Lanterns from Earth on Mondays.

After scanning this light lunchtime reading could you opine whether Superboy might be returning to the DC universe?

I got to "This leaves whether the referees vacated findings are binding through collateral estoppal."

Maybe I'll ask Outdoor Miner, too.

Oh sure give me a 73 page ruling to read. Can I wait for the Classics Illustrated version?

I didn't read the whole thing nor have I been following the case. It appears that there was a ruling against Time Warner (presumably a summary judgment *) Time Warner then filed a motion to have the court reconsider the earlier ruling. The question that remains is (according to the court) is whether Superboy is a derivative work or not.


* Summary judgment is a motion in which one party states that even if the court accepts everything the other party says as true, the court would have to as a matter of law find for me.

Well, excuuuuse me, but it is marketed as a SUPER law firm of space!

Super, yes! masochistic, no.

Well if you ever hang out the masochistic shingle,I'll be your first customer.

Song cue!

I ache for the touch of your lips, dear,
But much more for the touch of your whips, dear!
You can raise welts
Like nobody else
As we dance to the Masochism Tango!

Ah! Tom Lehrer

This is a song, though, that I wrote when I first came to Cambridge, 20 years ago. And when I first took the subway ride from Cambridge into Boston, I noticed the subway stations on the line had this interesting property.

H is for my alma mater Harvard,
C is Central, next stop on the line,
K is for the cozy Kendall station, and
C is Charles that overlooks the brine...a-
P is Park St...Pahk Street, busy Boston center, and
W is Washington you see...
Put them all together, they spell...
HCCKKCC... PW... (spitting sound)
Which is just about what Boston means to me!

Okay, I tried the table (and ate me some really good caramel sunday, mm)-- it's time for more conventional means. Quis, I need help! Lawyer-y help! Are you in..?

What seems to be the problem, Ms. Caliente?

Oh and can my receptinist, Phillipe, get you an iced tea or something? Maybe a glass of Aunt Ida's Special Lemonade?

*sniff* Lemonade would be won-won-wonderful. *starts to cry* Oh, Quis, it's terrible! He says I have to divorce Actor Lad and marry him or I'll never get my sister back! I mean, she's not really my sister but she might as well be!

Can you help me? I just don't know what to do... or how to legally do it.

Well, we could file a writ of Habaes Corpus and demand that this person present Frio (you are talking about Frio, right) to us. However, if Frio is not being held against her will, we can't make her come if she doesn't want to.

Go a little easy on Aunt Ida's. It can sneak up on you.

Another means would be to fake a divorce with Actor Lad. A marriage made under duress can be voided. I know a Protean who would "stand in" for you at this wedding. Who is it that you would be marrying?

I don't think Frio's being held against her will. She hasn't been quite the same since she reappeared in the Tesseracts, you know? But she had no one but me for such a long time... I can't just let her go.

*sniff*

Lonestar Ranger says he can help get her back the way she was. A member of the LMBP, instead of that terrible LVMBP. But the only way he'll help me is if I divorce Actor Lad and marry him instead. And I don't know what else to do! Nothing I've tried has worked.

I mean, if I have the opportunity to get her back, I have to take it. I have to. And if it gets her away from that Gary Grape guy, the more the better.

What do you think I should do? Fake the divorce and then void the marriage under duress once my sister's back? I just... I don't want to renig on an agreement, even if the terms are rather undesirable.

Well what proof has Lonestar Ranger offered that he can do as he claimed? Has he said how he would be able to perform this task?

And this is not the type of duress that a court would recognize. In this case, I don't think you should fake a divorce. You probably would not be able to void a marriage to Lonestar Ranger under these circumstances. That does not mean that you could not divorce him at a later time.

Only you can make this decision. How would Actor Lad feel if you divorced him?

He, um, hasn't offered proof, exactly... it's more his word as a go-between. But he claims he can bring her back to the LMB and I'm running out of options for just how to reach Frio.

So, no durress, no fake divorce, no voided marriage? *sigh* Bummer. I was really hoping there'd be some kind of legal loophole. Two divorces seems an awful high number for someone my age.

I think Actor Lad would feel as I do if I divorced him now-- broken-hearted and unhappy. But is it fair to trade one family member for another? Because it feels like I have to pick between my sister and my husband and...

I just feel like Frio needs my help more now. If I abandon her, who will be left to look out for her? The LVMBP? Not exactly the most trustworthy folk.

You are much cuter than Jennifer Lopez and Britney Spears.

Well Frio is an adult, like you are, and must make her own choices. As much as it pains you, you have to give her that freedom. And you can never abandon her if you leave a door open for her to come back into your life.

Sage advice, Quis. I'm just so worried. She hasn't been herself, you know? Where's the fun? Where's the party? I can't let her go until I know she's going to be all right... and how can I know that when she's so different?

Well, anyway, thank you for all the help! You're still my favorite lawyer, of course. Now I guess I just have to figure out what to do. Bleh. Be seein' ya!

Wow! It has been almost a year since anybody's been to the Law Offices of Space.