Q: My lawyer withheld information to get me to agree to something before a judge. Is that legal?
I’m in a child custody case for my two year old. I asked her father get supervised visits if he failed a hair analysis for meth- given I provide one also. He told me the day after court he openly admitted to not being able to pass one. Now he is getting EXTENDED standard custody and I am terrified!! I would have never agreed to this given all the facts. Please help!!
A: A lawyer has a fiduciary duty of full disclosure to his client. The failure to disclose material information would be a breach of that duty. But there is a question what information he withheld and whether the withholding of that information caused you any damages.
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