Lawyer divorces wrong couple through dropdown selection error

RecycledEle wrote: post #6

They lawyer has not even agreed to fix their error. This is another reason society is better off without the people who become lawyers.

I believe the lawyers who were at fault went to court to try and have the judgement set aside but it was the judge that refused

Re: Lawyer divorces wrong couple through dropdown selection error

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Post by SpaghettiCthulu » Tue, Apr 16, 2024, 11:35 AM UTC

flosstop wrote: post #7

RecycledEle wrote: post #6

They lawyer has not even agreed to fix their error. This is another reason society is better off without the people who become lawyers.

I believe the lawyers who were at fault went to court to try and have the judgement set aside but it was the judge that refused

Then the lawyer is at fault and should be forced to cover any damages resulting from this error to their client.

Re: Lawyer divorces wrong couple through dropdown selection error

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Post by SpaghettiCthulu » Tue, Apr 16, 2024, 11:36 AM UTC

mewpmewp2 wrote: post #5

I don't understand, aren't signatures from parties involved required for this?

My understanding is that the lawyer was authorized to act on the behalf of one party, and the other party was happy to sign the agreement that they were sent.

Re: Lawyer divorces wrong couple through dropdown selection error

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Post by nobodyandproud » Tue, Apr 16, 2024, 12:01 PM UTC

> Vardag said the mistake happened after the wrong name was clicked on from a drop-down menu on the divorce portal. She claimed that court staff had admitted this had happened a few times and that it felt like a design flaw.

I don’t know enough, but it looks like software engineers will be blamed in short order.

Good luck!