This year was a reprieve: No court hearings on Valentine's Day. That's usually a good day to avoid court, because someone is always emotional.
No matter how sensitive we are, invariably a hearing will be set on the birthdate of one of the parties', one of their children or someone's parent, or on their wedding anniversary or parent's anniversary, or some other "significant" date one of the parties finds significant.
We get complaints such as: "I know my wife's attorney set the hearing this date because that's the date my mother died." Or, "Why didn't you ask before setting the hearing on this day. It's been one year since my dog ran away [or my Ferrari got stolen, or I lost my watch, or MASH went off the air].
Ain't easy accommodating the general public.
