Posted on 01/15/2020 10:35:42 AM PST by Bruiser 10
A Kansas man has asked an Iowa judge to let him engage in a sword fight with his ex-wife and her attorney so that he can “rend their souls” from their bodies.
David Ostrom, 40, of Paola, Kansas, said in a Jan. 3 court filing that his former wife, Bridgette Ostrom, 38, of Harlan, Iowa, and her attorney, Matthew Hudson, had “destroyed (him) legally.” The Ostroms have been embroiled in disputes over custody and visitation issues and property tax payments.
The judge had the power to let the parties “resolve our disputes on the field of battle, legally," David Ostrom said, adding in his filing that trial by combat "has never been explicitly banned or restricted as a right in these United States."
He also asked the judge for 12 weeks' time so he could secure Japanese samurai swords.
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For the rest of your life. It will effectively destroy your reputation and social life forever.
Charlie never should’ve gotten into that since he specializes in bird law.
he should simply identify as a female, then it will be equal-
I would not wish to be either party’s second in this case.
Yeah, well, Frank put him up to it with his crazy schemes.
“Something tells me the judge won’t rule in his favor.”
If he does, there’s a few democrat politicians that need to be called out.
If he was married to a man, “Sword fight” would mean something completely different.
Too much Game of Thrones. He’s thinking it’s going to be The Hound vs. Brienne of Tarth.
I’d really like to see duels resurrected in Congress!
It’s inviolable!
Sounds like you’ve never been through a divorce.
In the real world you’re more likely to find a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow than you are to witness an amicable divorce.
Lawyers don’t make money off amicable divorce. They make money off heated drawn out divorces.
Divorce law is stacked against men.
When divorced my first wife 40 years ago I took a laundry list of my wife’s transgressions. I took a list of the men she had slept with during our marriage. I took a list of the men willing to testify that she was sleeping around. I had a list of her friends and coworkers willing to testify she was sleeping around.
My lawyer looked me straight in the eye and told me I was screwed because a child was involved.
He took depositions from the witnesses and prepped for court.
When we got to court the judge threw out every deposition, refused to hear any witnesses on my behalf and gave my ex everything she asked for. Alimony, child support, very restrictive visitation. You name it, she got it. At the end of it all I got to keep $40/week of my paycheck.
My lawyer charged $300/court appearance. Hers charged $1,500/appearance. I got the honor of paying her lawyer as well.
When I asked the judge how I was supposed to pay all that and support myself with the remaining $40/week he responded “thats not my concern.”
Oh yeah, every time my ex got mad at her live in boyfriend, while I was still paying alimony, she would carry me back to court.
Every time the judge gave her a little more money. Every time I got a raise the judge gave it to her. When I tried to get the alimony cut out because of her live in bf the judge refused on some b.s. grounds.
Yeah, I can understand guys going off because of divorce. Usually kinder to just kill us outright but our exes wouldn’t get as much satisfaction out of that and the lawyers wouldn’t make as much money.
Ladies. Not women.
There’s a bunch I would have loved to duel in my lifetime if it was legal.
Chivalry is a silly words from the middle ages.
Let it go.
Holmgang.
Original rules were to the death.
Original rules were revised to keep everyone in the community from killing each other. Challenges had been frequent. Someone called you a coward, you fought or proved the challenger was correct. The fight continued until 7 drops of blood fell to the fighting surface. This surface was 7 or 8 sheep skins pegged to the ground. You fought within these bounds. You had a second who held a wooden shield for you. You had the sword.
Not thinking that the the judge wants to go all anachronistic, but I suppose the man made his point and vented. (A colt 45 in the street would be a bit more Kansas, but I don’t recall that in Gunsmoke any woman ever going out in the street to even look at a gun fight.)
Sure seemed like it. Every episode within the first 30 sec either Kirk was sucking some alien babes face, or blasting them to bits.
I have been through a divorce and I think you missed the point of my comments.
The guy in this dispute threatened, no wait, he specifically stated he wanted to kill his wife. He isn’t getting custody now.
Well that’s one way to settle a dispute I suppose.
Holmgang.
Original viking rules were to go off and fight to the death.
Original rules were revised to keep everyone in the community from killing each other. Challenges had been frequent. Someone called you a coward, you fought him or proved the challenger was correct. The fight continued until 7 drops of blood fell to the fighting surface. This surface was 7 or 8 sheep skins pegged to the ground. You fought within these bounds. You had a second who held a wooden shield for you. You had the sword, you hacked. There were probably other rules depending your locality.
Not thinking that the the judge wants to go all anachronistic, but I suppose the man made his point and vented. (A colt 45 in the street would be a bit more Kansas, but I don’t recall that in Gunsmoke any woman ever going out in the street to even look at a gun fight.)
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