Serious ethics Question?

Question

5)Is it a violation of their/the oath of ethics for an attorney at the “last minutes before a hearing” in which a clients affidavit is going to be submitted and or considered by a court to against the wishes of a client and or without pre-agreement by the client to delete statements made in any affidavit made by the client which “only by the attorneys sole belief and only at the sole discretion of the attorney” that it would damage the client ?

5)Is it a violation of their/the oath of ethics for an attorney to lie to client, lie to a court, or move for withdrawal from a matter without informing the client ?

6)Is it legal for a duly court authorized custody evaluator / licensed mental health counselor to “forward quoted 3rd party HEARSAY” in their evaluation/recommendation to a court for the purpose of the court to consider as material in it’s decision of custody?

Answer 1

When it comes to law, justice is seldom the outcome. To a lawyer, what are ethics! Depending on your agreement with the lawyer, I cannot answer whether deleting statements without your approval is ethical or not. To the general public, I would say it is not only unethical, but probably illegal. As for lieing, it is unethical for anyone to lie but not illegal unless you lie in court. Hearsay is not admitted in court so I would say the counselor is out of line and damaging the case.