3 Mistakes That Can Destroy Your Credibility in Family Court

There are three blunders that people make in family court that destroy their credibility. The third one is that they're inconsistent. If you're going to give a bank balance or you're going to talk about something, make sure that it's the same story over time. They get impeached. They say, "No, I never said that." And guess what? Here's a deposition transcript where you did say it under penalty of perjury. "No, I was never there." And then there's a video of them being there. Or witness comes in and says, "Yeah, we were there together doing this." That's impeachment. That's a real credibility problem. That leads to the other one, which is the worst, of course, outright lying. If you lie to the court and you're caught, if you're in court and you're testifying, you're sworn, you're under penalty of perjury. So, you've committed perjury, a felony. Or if you're declaring something that's a lie and you've declared it under penalty of perjury, guess what? The lie is perjury. That is a way to destroy your credibility with the court. You're not going to come back from that. The court should make credibility findings against you. And in plain terms, you're f*cked.