A Picture Worth A Thousand Curse Words

I once had a client come to me because his ex-wife was suing him for unpaid spousal support. Apparently he had been ordered to pay her $500 per month directly for two years.

He was very upset because he had been paying her for the past year but had fallen on hard times and been laid off. He couldn't understand why she wouldn't give him a break. I was a little curious about that myself and contacted her lawyer to find out what the problem was.

Her lawyer very politely informed me that he had missed three payments but was back to making them again, but they would not agree to drop their law suit in exchange for an agreement to extend his payments by three months. Apparently they were very angry with him. I kept digging for the why and eventually got it in the form of fax.

The other lawyer faxed over a copy of all of the checks that my client had sent. There were 14 of them and they were very distinctive. Apparently there is a company out there that will create custom checks based on a picture you send them. They will use four different pictures to create a set of checks.

The first two checks had two very different, very graphic pictures of my client kissing his new girlfriend. These were the kinds of kisses you don't do in public.

The third check had a picture of my client holding $100 dollar bills fanned out in each hand with a giant grin on his face.

The fourth and final check had a picture of my client's hand, middle finger extended.

A picture truly is worth a thousand words.