After Bao Rui's episode, Cheng Yao sat down, took a deep breath, and then started to read her next case.
The client in my case is named Lin Fengjuan, 25 years old, only one year older than Cheng Yao. At first, she went to the Legal Aid Center under the Lawyers Association for consultation. The staff found that she was eligible for legal aid, so they helped her apply for legal aid, and the case was assigned to Cheng Yao.
It’s just that the information on the registration materials from the Legal Aid Center is quite concise. I can only know that Lin Fengjuan’s parents are both migrant workers and their family circumstances are difficult. Lin Fengjuan got married a year ago and gave birth to a child two months ago. Divorced a month ago.
As a result, half a month ago, the child’s physical examination found that he had a serious heart disease and needed surgery, but he had no money to pay for the surgery, so he scraped together a lot of money and launched an online crowdfunding campaign just to care for infants with heart disease , the daily expenses are still very high, and as a last resort, Lin Fengjuan asked to sue the child's father for child support.
Cheng Yao simply read the information and felt that the case was actually very simple. Even if divorced, the child's biological father is not exempted from the obligation to support the child, and must still pay the corresponding child support. Although this is a very simple and straightforward law, in practice, many people refuse to pay child support after divorce. The court enforced it.
Cheng Yao thought, what I need to do for Lin Fengjuan this time is to prepare the prosecution materials, and then sue the father of the child in one fell swoop. If the other party is dissatisfied with the first trial and wants the second trial, then he will accompany him, and finally wait for the judgment to take effect before applying for compulsory enforcement. up.
Without further ado, Cheng Yao immediately contacted Lin Fengjuan according to Lin Fengjuan's number on the information, and she made an appointment with Lin Fengjuan in the quiet petty bourgeoisie cafe downstairs.
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Half an hour later, Lin Fengjuan came.
Although she is only 25 years old, Lin Fengjuan feels that she is already very vicissitudes of life, and she looks much older than her actual age. Her skin was slightly peeled, apparently she didn't have time to take care of it, and the under eye circles were also deeply dark. Her eyes were filled with hopeless pain and exhaustion. It was just from the facial features, that if you take good care of your life, you can live a worry-free life. She should be a beauty.
Looking at the elegant environment and high-end furnishings in the cafe, she twisted her old overcoat for a while, feeling a little embarrassed: "I came out in a hurry, and I didn't have time to change." She subconsciously held a stain on her chest, "Not yet Be careful to be spit up by the baby."
Cheng Yao smiled at her and motioned her to sit down: "Sit down, you must be in a hurry when you have a baby just now, you should not drink coffee during breastfeeding, I ordered you a cup of hot milk with fresh taro, highland barley." Cheng Yao said After that, he called the waiter and poured Lin Fengjuan a cup of hot water.
Lin Fengjuan's mood gradually calmed down. She sat down, took a sip of hot milk, and finally took the initiative to talk to Cheng Yao: "Are you? Are you the assistant of Lawyer Cheng?" She was a little embarrassed, "I heard The lawyer who took my case is surnamed Cheng."
"I am Cheng Yao." Cheng Yao said while handing over her business card, "I will be responsible for the whole process of your case, and I will do my best to help you get as much child support as possible."
Although Cheng Yao was dressed in formal attire and acted very professionally, after hearing that she was Cheng Yao, Lin Fengjuan still showed disappointment, worry and frustration on her face.
"You are so young..." She lowered her head and touched Cheng Yao's business card, "You don't look as old as me, I'm 25, you look like I just graduated."
Just as Cheng Yao was about to explain, she heard Lin Fengjuan sigh: "But thank you for being willing to take my case without money. Legal aid is free, and I can't expect any barrister to represent me. A minute is worth a fortune."
Cheng Yao smiled, not embarrassed: "Although the older you are in the profession of lawyers, the more senior you are and the more reassuring you are, but it's actually not appropriate to use age to judge whether a lawyer is professional or not."
Li Mengting's case is now proceeding in an orderly manner according to her method, and everything is as she expected so far, which makes Cheng Yao full of confidence. Her eyes are bright and serious, staring at Lin Fengjuan, she said neither humble nor overbearing: "Young lawyers also have young lawyers." We have more energy, more active thinking and brains, we may find another way to handle a case, and we are more willing to devote ourselves to a case than highly qualified lawyers.”
Lin Fengjuan was a little embarrassed, she nodded nana.
"I've already read the case information you registered with the Legal Aid Center, and it's relatively simple, but after clarifying my thoughts, what I need to help you represent is a child support dispute, right?" Cheng Yao took out the list of materials he had prepared, "Then You need to provide the originals of these forms, such as the divorce certificate with your ex-husband, the child’s birth certificate, your household registration book…”
As a result, before Cheng Yao finished speaking, Lin Fengjuan interrupted her with an embarrassed expression: "I...my child... don't ask my ex-husband for child support."
Cheng Yao was stunned: "Why?" She was a little puzzled, "Then who are you going to sue for the child support?"
"Ask...ask the child's biological father..."
The breastfeeding man cannot propose a divorce, so the divorce during breastfeeding is either proposed by the woman, or it is a consensus between the man and the woman. When Cheng Yao first got the simple case information of Lin Fengjuan, she was curious about why she got divorced one month after the child was born, and what made Lin Fengjuan propose divorce or agree to divorce.
This mystery has now finally been answered.
It turned out that the child did not belong to her ex-husband.
Lin Fengjuan's face turned red for a while, and then turned blue for a while. Obviously, she felt embarrassed by cheating in marriage and giving birth to someone else's child.
Cheng Yao gave her some time to calm down before continuing to ask, "So what's the situation with the child's biological father?"
Lin Fengjuan bit her lips tightly, and her eye circles slowly turned red: "It's all my fault." She couldn't help sobbing when she said this, "Amin and I actually had a good relationship, we are working together. We met later, we got married after dating for three years, he has a good temper, and he treats me very well, if... if there is no high school reunion, it will be fine."
In her intermittent narration, Cheng Yao finally understood the ins and outs.
Not long after Lin Fengjuan and her ex-husband A Min got married, high school classmates held a party. Almost the whole class went to the party. Lin Fengjuan went without thinking too much. She was beautiful when she was in high school, and she was a class flower. Now she just got married and was doted on by Ah Min. Her brows and eyes are full of happiness, and she is radiant. , and the one who is most passionate about her is Lu Jian, her first love in high school.
"Everyone said they wished me a happy wedding, and they kept toasting me in turn. I was very happy that day, so I drank all of it. I didn't expect to drink too much in the end, and I was a little delirious." Lin Fengjuan hesitated to speak, "I didn't know What's the matter, everyone has left, and only Lu Jian is left to see me off."
Speaking of this, Lin Fengjuan's eyes dodged a lot, she seemed to want to erase this history briefly: "I don't know what happened later, when I wake up again, I... I was already in the hotel with Lu Jian, and what happened I have a relationship... ”
Although she shirked the responsibility quite artistically, making herself really delirious and not mistaken, Cheng Yao could also tell from her expression and body movements that she was probably at a high school reunion with her former classmates. The spark of first love Lu Jian was rekindled under the stimulation of alcohol, and the two reminisced about the good times in the past, so they crossed the threshold and had a relationship after half pushing and half hitting.
Lin Fengjuan kept emphasizing: "After I woke up, I regretted it. Amin treated me very well. I really felt sorry for him, but that night with Lu Jian was really a mistake made by a ghost. I only have Amin in my heart. , I want to live a good life with A Min, and I don't want to have anything to do with Lu Jian."
"So you concealed what happened that night and didn't tell Amin?"
"En." Lin Fengjuan nodded embarrassingly, "Really, it was just this one time, the only time I did something wrong, Lu Jian was talking about marriage with his girlfriend at the time, and he didn't want to have any long-term relationship with me. We both know that that night was just a small episode, and it will not affect each other's marriage, so I think it's wrong to say it just once, but it's wrong for us not to talk to Ah Min. A protection of marriage."
Where is this protection? Cheng Yao really wanted to say that when you decided to have a fling with Lu Jian in alcohol, you no longer had any respect for this marriage in your eyes.
Is it true that cheating once is only a physical cheating, but you still love your husband spiritually, and you will not get divorced because of the cheating, is it called protecting the marriage and not affecting the marriage
But although she disagreed in her heart, Cheng Yao still listened to Lin Fengjuan's narration professionally and patiently.
"Afterwards, Lu Jian and I didn't even send a WeChat message. We were completely disconnected. Amin didn't doubt it. Gradually, I also forgot about that incident. Before that, Amin's career had a little improvement. , We have been preparing to have a baby." Speaking of this, Lin Fengjuan covered her face and began to cry, "It's just that I didn't expect that I would find out that I was pregnant more than a month after the class reunion."
Cheng Yao handed Lin Fengjuan a tissue.
When Lin Fengjuan talked about this, her emotions were slightly out of control: "I was actually very nervous at the time. The time with Lu Jian, because I drank too much, I didn't take safety measures. I calculated the time. In fact, I was also worried. I'm a little scared, but... But I thought, what if it's Amin's, after all, Lu Jian and I only met once, how could it be such a coincidence... "
Lin Fengjuan twisted her fingers tightly: "Besides, I didn't think much about it at first. I just felt unwell, dizzy, lethargic, and pantothenic acid in my stomach. At that time, Amin accompanied me to the hospital for an examination. He was there when I was pregnant. I can't hide it... As soon as he heard that I was pregnant, he happily hugged me and spun around in the air. I, I really have no reason to tell him that I want to beat the child. "
Lin Fengjuan may not know that since she took the wrong first step, she was doomed to make a wrong step. Cheng Yao didn't expect that the child support dispute case, which was thought to be very simple, would have such a tortuous case.
"So you left the child with a fluke mentality?"
Lin Fengjuan nodded with sobs: "Amin likes this child so much, I think God will help me, it must be his child."
Placing hope in the sky is really illusory.
"After the child was born, because it was a boy and looked like me, Ah Min didn't think anything of it. I was also very happy. The child, Ah Min, didn't cry when he hugged him. I felt that it must be his child."
"So how did your ex-husband find out that the child is not his?"
"After the child was born, the blood type was checked during the hospital examination, and it did not match with Amin." Lin Fengjuan said with difficulty, "After that, Amin never came home again, and never visited me and the child again. He It's like a completely different person."
Lin Fengjuan shed tears: "After that, our two families broke out completely. Amin proposed to me for divorce and told me that if I gave him such a green hat, even the court would grant a divorce. I also felt guilty in my heart. Knowing that the two of us are over, we agreed to a divorce with him."
"It's just that I didn't expect to find out that the child has congenital heart disease after the divorce. It is still very serious. Surgery is necessary, and postoperative care is also expensive." Lin Fengjuan said about the child, her eyes showed reluctance. That’s right, he is so small and cute, I can’t just let the child die like this. But I am still on maternity leave, and the basic salary is not high. After the maternity leave ends, I am afraid that I will have to resign to take care of the child. My parents are also in poor health. It’s not good, the family doesn’t have any source of income, I made a mistake when I divorced Amin, so it’s considered clean, and now I want to treat my child well, and I can’t always ask kind people to donate to crowdfunding... "
"So you want to ask Lu Jian for child support?"
Lin Fengjuan nodded: "The child is indeed his, and his family is very good..."
"Have you talked to Lu Jian about this?"
When Cheng Yao asked about this, the expression of helplessness and pain on Lin Fengjuan's face deepened: "I contacted Lu Jian on WeChat, but only then found out that he didn't know when he got up early and blocked me. Instead, I called him and he didn’t answer, I left him a text message and didn’t reply, I didn’t even know where he worked or lived, so I had no choice but to sue.”
Cheng Yao grasped the key point and said: "After all, litigation is a very energy-consuming and time-consuming matter. It may be a year after the litigation process is completed, but the child support cannot wait that long. It must be as soon as possible. If you can If the negotiation is successful, that would be the best. How about this, you give me Lu Jian's contact information, and I will call him. "
After Cheng Yao got the number, she called Lu Jian on the spot.
Almost soon, Lu Jian picked it up: "Hello?"
It seems that he didn't change his phone number, he just didn't answer Lin Fengjuan's call...
Cheng Yao immediately briefed the other party about the ins and outs of the matter, but Lu Jian did not buy it: "I said it was impossible! Impossible! I am getting married soon, and I don't want my fiancée to see what happened to Lin Fengjuan's WeChat. I dragged her into the dark, at first I thought those text messages were just Lin Fengjuan's silly jokes, and I ignored her already! I didn't expect to rely on me after everything like this! It's endless! If you harass me like this again, call the police!"
Before the other party hung up, Cheng Yao said with a firm attitude: "If you don't take the initiative to cooperate with this matter, I will directly send a lawyer's letter to the HR department and legal department of your work unit on behalf of my client. Then you will Know whether we are intentionally harassing or defending our rights seriously."
Although this was just Cheng Yao's feint, but when Lu Jian heard this sentence, his attitude softened. Although he was very reluctant, he finally agreed to Cheng Yao's request to meet.
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Without further ado, Cheng Yao made an appointment with the other party to meet directly today, and she sent Lu Jian the address of the cafe where she and Lin Fengjuan were.
Lu Jian was very close to the cafe. Ten minutes later, he hurried over with an ugly face. Although this man has a greasy face, he is tall and has long legs, and has a straight face. According to today's standards, he is considered a handsome guy.
It's just that Cheng Yao is used to seeing Qian Heng's face, and has long been immune to this "vulgar fan". She evaluated objectively in her heart that this temperament was far worse than Qian Heng's.
While evaluating in her heart, Cheng Yao didn't have her hands idle, she secretly turned on the recording pen skillfully.
As soon as he sat down, Lu Jian glanced at his watch, quite impatiently: "I only have ten minutes, so hurry up if you have anything to say."
Lin Fengjuan was irritated by his attitude, and immediately raised her voice: "Hanhan is also your child! He is lying in the hospital now, waiting for life-saving money. He is a life! Is it worth ten minutes?"
Lu Jian was also annoyed: "Lin Fengjuan, did you lose your mind after giving birth to a child? I heard that you had a son with heart disease, so I started asking other classmates to inquire about my family situation. When I found out that my family was rich, I prepared Did you cheat on me? Just dream, I will never accept this kind of "happy to be a father". It is very miserable for you to give birth to a sick child and be abandoned by your husband, but you can't swear at others, what is it? My child? What does it have to do with me?"
"It's yours." Lin Fengjuan's eyes were tearing, "It's not my ex-husband's, it must be yours, and the time is right for everything."
"Yes, I had sex with you." Lu Jian admitted it very readily, but his tone was full of sarcasm, "But who knows if you also had sex with others?"
"You!" Lin Fengjuan was angry, "Except for my ex-husband, I have only had sex with you! Not his child, of course it is yours!"
"Of course you can say that. If it weren't for the fact that the child was not found to belong to your ex-husband, you could still continue to tell him that you have only slept with him in your life?" Lu Jian didn't take it seriously, "You are just newly married and you can have sex with me It's about wearing a cuckold for your husband. You are such a casual woman, who knows how many cuckolds you have put on your husband. I think you said it's my child because I have the best family background among these men!"
Lin Fengjuan didn't realize the cruelty of the man until then.
She remembered very clearly how Lu Jian hugged and coaxed her softly when she was a little drunk, saying that she was his eternal first love, the eternal white moonlight, and only wished to see her again as a married woman. Also take her back. He said that his current girlfriend was just a product of a family marriage, but in fact he only had her in his heart. She still remembers every one of Lu Jian's love words back then. She remembered how he coaxed her, saying that he wanted to relive the past with her one last time. Then it was kissing, touching, and then, and then it all got out of control.
After the child was discovered by Amin that she was not her own, Lin Fengjuan regretted that she did not insist on beating the child secretly so that she would not be discovered; but until now, she truly regretted it from the bottom of her heart, regretting that she had mistakenly believed Because of Lu Jian's rhetoric, he betrayed Amin.
Lu Jian, a despicable man, actually poured dirty water on himself now.
Lin Fengjuan's eyes turned red: "Since you think that I am a woman who can do my best, and the child cannot be yours, then you and I will go for a paternity test directly. If the paternity test proves that the child is not yours, I will not say anything I apologize, and I will never pester you again!"
"Why should I take a paternity test?" Lu Jian was also annoyed, "First, you can't prove what happened to us, and second, you can't prove when what happened. To be honest, I really don't know you well, classmate I haven't contacted you once before the meeting, why should I do a paternity test with your child? And I have done a paternity test, what will others think of me if they find out? Even if it has nothing to do with you, it has to be programmed, you Shame on me, I still have to be a human!"
After Lu Jian finished speaking, he no longer had the patience to continue the conversation. He took out a wad of cash from his bag and threw it in front of Lin Fengjuan's eyes, "Take the three thousand dollars as my compensation for your night. , from now on we are clean."
"I... I will go to the court to apply for a paternity test for you..."
Lu Jian snorted and looked at Cheng Yao with undisguised contempt and contempt in his eyes: "Didn't your lawyer tell you? Even the court can't force others to take a paternity test. If I refuse, you I can't do a paternity test at all. Lin Fengjuan, I advise you to stop in moderation, if you really dare to find someone to come to my unit to make trouble, I, Lu Jian, will definitely have the ability to make you go around without food."
After Lu Jian finished speaking, he didn't look at Lin Fengjuan anymore. He glanced at his watch, then picked up his bag impatiently and left. Only Lin Fengjuan was left staring at the money on the table in a daze.
Cheng Yao was stunned by Lu Jian's behavior. Wouldn't it be a disguised hint that she bought Lin Fengjuan with the 3,000 yuan for one night? How is that any different than treating someone like a whore
What Cheng Yao could see, Lin Fengjuan, as the person involved, naturally knew it too, but she didn't jump up and throw the cash back on Lu Jian's face to make him go away. It wasn't until Lu Jian's figure completely disappeared that Lin Fengjuan tremblingly put the three thousand yuan into her bag.
A bowl of rice stumps a hero. When a person is faced with an extremely realistic dilemma, she is not qualified to talk about self-esteem and principles.
Cheng Yao knew that Lin Fengjuan needed money, and she needed a lot of money to save her son Hanhan.
She collected the money, and wept under the extreme embarrassment and shame: "Lawyer Cheng, I... I really need money."
Cheng Yao patted her hand on the table: "I understand. You don't have to be embarrassed, I am your attorney, and I will do my best to protect your interests and stand by your side."
Lin Fengjuan looked at Cheng Yao almost as if asking for help: "Lawyer Cheng, is what Lu Jian said true? Is it true that even if we sue, the court can't force Lu Jian to do a paternity test with Han Han? "
"Indeed it is."
Lin Fengjuan said in frustration: "Then... what else can I do?"
Cheng Yao smiled and turned on the recording pen: "He at least admitted that he had sex with you just now, which shows that no matter what, Hanhan has a probability to be his child. Although the court cannot force a paternity test, but in the evidence If it shows that the child may be him, but he insists on refusing the paternity test, then he will bear the consequences of not being able to prove it. If we can find the rest of the chain of evidence, for example, the time when you opened the house was used to infer the time when the child was born It’s not a match, his blood type, and whether the child has any genetic characteristics that are consistent with Lu Jian’s, etc.”
Cheng Yao calmly said, "In short, I will help you find out all the relevant evidence and submit it to the court. As long as the chain of evidence is strong enough, even if Lu Jian refuses to do a paternity test, the court can still infer that he has paternity. Relationship."
Lin Fengjuan's eyes lit up when she heard this, she seemed to have hope rekindled, she changed her doubts about Cheng Yao just now, and sincerely thanked: "Thank you for being a lawyer! Thank you so much!" She said, while From the bag, he took out part of the cash just now, and wanted to give it to Cheng Yao, "I know you don't have the money to take a case like mine, this... this is my heart!"
Cheng Yao politely pushed the money back: "We have a case-handling subsidy." She thought for a while, then suddenly laughed, "I also have a private subsidy." She added with Lin Fengjuan's puzzled eyes, "In short, there is no shortage of money. , you don’t have to worry. The 10 million bid case is a case, and the legal aid case is also a case. The parties in all cases are equally important to me, and I will do everything I can and should do.”
Cheng Yao looked at Lin Fengjuan: "So just do what you should do. Your baby is still waiting for you at home. I will help you take a taxi. I will contact you as soon as I have anything later."
After sending Lin Fengjuan away, Cheng Yao sorted out her current thoughts and information, and then returned to Junheng.
Although Lin Fengjuan's case was just a legal aid case, it was not as smooth as she had expected. How to prove the parent-child relationship without Lu Jian's cooperation was still a challenge.
It's just that although the case is difficult, Cheng Yao's heart is full of satisfaction.
This is the first time since she left Qian Heng, she faced the client on her own, and she thought about the case completely independently. For a while, even Cheng Yao felt a little proud of herself. The time I spent reading classic cases, listening carefully to colleagues' discussions, and humbly asking for advice was not in vain.
Some hard work may not see results in the short term, but one day, it will pay off.
Cheng Yao has always remembered the words of the writer Gladwell—
"The genius in people's eyes is not extraordinary, but the continuous hard work. 10,000 hours of tempering is a necessary condition for anyone to become a world-class master from an ordinary person."
As long as you work hard, as long as you spend 10,000 or even 20,000 hours, you will be able to reach Qian Heng firmly but slowly. One day, you will be able to stand side by side with Qian Heng.