Approximately one in three children will live at least some portion of their childhood with a stepparent, according to recent statistics. [read post]

It ought not to be allowed at all; and while its admission is not a ground for reversal, it cumbers the case and tends to confusion, for the more the court is led into the intricacies of dramatic craftsmanship, the less likely it is to stand upon the firmer, if more naive, ground of its considered impressions upon its own perusal. [read post]