Hi all,
Overall, a very enjoyable movie....the baron testimony scene was specially hilarious!
However, could someone please explain what the reference to Kirshner means? Is it some famous court case that led to an amendment or something similar?
Thanks
I assumed it was just a made up case name, I've never heard of it (although that by no means disqualifies it from existence). Family law is mostly left to the states anyway so if the case was really from kentucky as the character said in the movie then it wouldn't really have much relevance to the divorce laws in other states. Besides, divorce cases rely much more heavily on judicial discretion than case precedent. That baron was pretty funny, I agree.
shareKirshner is ,of course, in Kentucky...
I just assumed it was a fictional divorce precedent that apparently didn't apply because.... Kirshner is in Kentucky.
In reality, it's probably the name of the caterer they used and they needed a name and it was the first one that came to mind.
Many of the jokes in this film poke fun at aspcts of the legal profession and this one is poking fun at citing cases. I found this movie very enjoyable being a law degree/legal practice course grad - Kirshner looks clearly like a made up case that simply sounds amusing and of course sets up an funny moment in the film between the two lawyers :)
shareI'm a law student and I looked in a law database for any Kentucky case with Kirshner in the name and there weren't any involving divorce so I imagine it's made up. Great movie though.
shareI don't think it's a real case. I think they were just making fun of how stupid and circular lawyers get with eachother. I have had similar exchanges with other attorneys myself.
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