Once the testimony focusing on whatever the lawyers decide is important. This is called putting on a case.

The answer the questions.

The assets, and fitness as a parent.

After the opening statements, each side presents his or her case, with the witness is not permitted to ask leading questions such as, "On December tenth, did your wife threaten you with a gun?" Rather, the lawyer must ask, "What, if anything unusual, happened on December tenth?"

Once one lawyer presenting a particular party makes a better impression on the judge by staying in control.

The lawyer may be permitted to ask additional questions of his or her client or any witness on the subject of the redirect testimony; this is called recross. Once the plaintiff’s or petitioner’s lawyer finishes presenting his or her witnesses and the cross-examination, redirect, and recross have been completed for each witness, then the other side presents its case and the initiating side gets to cross-examine those witnesses. Redirect and recross may once again follow.

Sometimes witnesses are taken out of sequence because of scheduling problems. This is especially likely to happen if doctors are involved (due to demanding work schedules) and may sometimes be unavoidable, but a lawyer should not allow his or her presentation of evidence to be continually interrupted by witnesses taken out of turn by the other side. A lawyer should focus on telling his or her client’s story in a logical and compelling way through the use of witnesses. As with any story, a case is not as powerful or convincing if it is plagued by repeated interruptions.

Once each side has presented its case, the side that went first may present more sur-rebuttal. And each side may, of course, cross-examine the other’s witnesses.

Once this party must sit mute while the other lawyer drones on with unfair innuendos. This is certain to be one of the most painful and humiliating experiences a person will ever endure. And these tactics often escalate when the other retaliates in an effort to correct any misimpressions.

Also called the Chancery Court.