He was about sixty and he had a tie with sailboats on it and he was, I understand now, an extremely good lawyer doing extremely hard work for no money.

He laid it out in about twenty minutes.

I could file for dissolution.

I could get a support order.

With six children and her income at the time, the guideline number was going to be substantial.

If she did not pay, the state would take her wages, her tax refunds, her license.

It is a machine and the machine is built for exactly this.

And then he said the sentence that I walked out on.