Nelson v. Nelson

OPALA, Justice,

with whom SIMMS, J., joins, dissenting in part.

¶ 1 Today the court gives its imprimatur to a local court rule (Administrative Order CV-95-1 [CV-95-1]),1 which requires all parties in every domestic case (divorce, separate maintenance, guardianship, paternity, custody or visitation actions) to complete a seminar entitled “Helping Children Cope with Divorce.” The rule authorizes the trial court to visit sanctions on noncomplying suitors. By its pronouncement the court informs the public that the underpinnings for the rule’s legitimacy are to be found in an after-enacted statute,…