Legal Question in Family Law in New York

Re: conflict of intrest

The better course of action for an attorney in that situation would be:

To Make Darn Sure He/She Had the Written Consent of Both Parties, Waiving any/all objection as to the conflict.

Put otherwise: it seems to me that it would not be wise {or proper} for an attorney to do this UNLESS both parties indicated that they understood the conflict and consented to the representation and waived any objections.

It also seems to me that it would also Not be "fair play" for one party to let such representation continue, with the notion in mind of "sandbagging" the other side somewhere down the line. If this situation exists, someone should bring it to the open attention of all concerned Sooner, Not Later.

Regards, etc.,

J.M. Hayes

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