:34:00
Good.
:34:02
And how did you find out?
:34:04
- My son told me.
- Oh, excellent.
:34:08
What did he say?
:34:11
That she shares a bed
with this woman.
:34:14
- Who is a known lesbian?
- Yes.
:34:17
She got married once.
:34:19
Excuse me?
:34:22
To another woman.
:34:24
I've got a cutting about it somewhere
from Gay News.
:34:28
I don't know if she's had a divorce.
:34:33
Well, this is most promising.
:34:39
And where has your wife
taken the boy?
:34:42
- Um, Brixton.
- Oh, wonderful.
:34:45
Now, then...
:34:48
under the Guardianship of Minors Act...
:34:51
the court's first consideration must always
be that of the welfare of the child.
:34:54
Normally a judge would feel,
looking at it from the child's point of view...
:34:57
that the enforced removal
of that child...
:35:00
from the care of one parent
could only ever be justified...
:35:05
in the most extreme circumstances.
:35:07
Of course. Of course.
:35:10
However, fortunately,
these are extreme circumstances.
:35:14
- Are they?
- Oh, yes.
:35:17
Lesbianism has never
been illegal in this country...
:35:19
but I think it is true to say it's something
most judges take a fairly dim view of.
:35:23
Right.
:35:26
So, perhaps at this point, we should
avail ourselves of some expert opinion.
:35:36
Oh.
I thought that's what we were doing.
:35:38
No. No, Mr. Miles.
:35:41
You'll, uh, need a barrister.
:35:43
Ah. I see.
:35:46
So perhaps at this point...
:35:48
it might be appropriate
to raise the matter of costs.
:35:51
Mm-hmm.
:35:53
In law, as in most things...
:35:56
we get what we pay for.
:35:58
And I would like you to have
the benefit of the very best.