A court reporter, by transcribing the trial, creates a record for an appellate court to review. However, a trial transcript, while helpful, may not always be a requirement for an appeal. While I still advise my family law clients who are preparing for a trial to hire a court reporter, you should not lose hope for a successful appeal of your divorce or paternity judgment if you did not hire one. Recently, a prospective client inquired about appealing the final judgment of his post-divorce modification trial. Naturally, I asked him within the first five minutes of our...MORE
