Re: lawyer ethics

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On 8/18/06, marlene drexler wrote:
> Is it ethical for an attorney to notarize papers which
> involve his client in a voluntary termination situation,
> whereas no witnesses or copies of such dealilngs are
> provided to client. Example would be client, lawyer for
> client and a juvenile officer present.
All a notarization is is the notary swearing that this
person signed the paper. sometimes it is also added that
the person signing swears that what the paper says is true
or that he is signing it of his/her own free will. whomever
the papers belong to keep them, if they don't belong to the
client there's no obigation to give them to him/her. but if
it's their attorney they're certainly allowed to ask for
copies.