In a never ending quest to keep this blog current, I do a fair amount of reading about probate related issues. I generally try to write about topics that are of interest to people who are reading my blog to understand a little bit more about probate. Sometimes I come across interesting probate related matters that really do not have much to do with the probate process in California. This is one of those instances.

Recently in Arizona, an Arizona attorney might be face disciplinary action under the following fact. The attorney met her client in a ballroom dancing class and began representing him in a divorce proceeding. In the following year, her client’s wife committed suicide and she handled the probate.

Very shortly after the suicide, the attorney began telling the widower that his deceased wife had “come” to her and that her spirit was inside the attorney. Moreover, she could communicate the deceased wife’s thoughts! The widower has testified before a disciplinary proceeding that the attorney pressure him into having a sexual relationship, which she told the investigator for the Arizona Supreme Court that the references to sex were coming from the deceased wife.

I guess the lesson learned is that even some probate lawyers have their moments and the attorney client relationship sometimes veers into uncharted waters!