In Re the Marriage of Hardin

¶22 I respectfully dissent from the Court’s Opinion.

¶23 First, the “compensation” granted to Michael (Opinion, ¶ 19) is illusory. Granting Michael part of a day to retain counsel when the trial had already begun and then allowing him thirty days to retain counsel after the trial had ended is no accommodation at all. No attorney is going to walk into a contested case mid-trial without any opportunity to educate himself or herself about the client and the case or, even worse, try to salvage a case after the trial is over and the *262damage has been done. The court’s “compensation” to Michael was…