Message from the Chair

• Citation: Vol. 41 No. 4
• Publication year: 2019
• Author: Stephen A. Montagna, CFLS

Message from the Chair

Stephen A. Montagna, CFLS

"Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, benevolence, were all my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!"

Sound familiar? It is a line from the literary classic, "A Christmas Carol" written by Charles Dickens. It is a message that I find fitting for this issue of Family Law News, not only because the holiday season recently happened, but also due to the fact that those of us making a career within the arena of family law have a special opportunity to make mankind our business. Family law is unique. What sets it apart from other areas of law is its nature of being heavily intertwined with personal crisis and human frailty. If you don't believe me, just take a stroll through your local courthouse, and you will witness an array of emotional distress on full display. In family law, you are guaranteed to bear witness of many modern day dramas; be it the...