Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade’s wife received permission Friday to dismiss her ninth divorce lawyer in about two years, but was warned by the judge she had better have a new attorney by the time of a scheduled July 19 custody trial.
Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade’s wife received permission Friday to dismiss her ninth divorce lawyer in about two years, but was warned by the judge she had better have a new attorney by the time of a scheduled July 19 custody trial. Declaring that "justice delayed is justice denied," Circuit Judge Marya Nega told Siohvaughn Wade that there would be no more postponements of the custody trial and she would have to fend for herself legally if she showed up without a lawyer. "If you don’t have a lawyer who is ready, willing and able to represent you at the trial, Mrs. Wade, you are Perry Mason," Nega said. The custody trial — which is separate from the trial to determine dissolution of marriage — had been set to get under way June 7. But Nega granted what she described as a final postponement after allowing Mrs. Wade to dismiss her most recent lawyer, Marsha Fisher. Fisher told the judge that Mrs. Wade no longer wants her for an attorney but declined to comment after court. Mrs. Wade eluded waiting reporters. The Wades, who are both 28, and were sweethearts growing up in the Chicago area and in college. Both are both seeking a divorce and each wants sole custody of their boys, Zaire, 8, and Zion, 3. Nega said she was determined to resolve the custody issue this summer. She also warned the couple not to let the tension between them hurt the two boys. "You guys may not love each other anymore," the judge said. "But your children love you both very much." Meanwhile, the judge said she was issuing an order allowing the parents to split custody of the boys over two-week intervals this summer. She postponed any action on contempt allegations pending against Mrs. Wade until the July 19 trial. But the judge told Mrs. Wade that she should have warned her husband before engaging a therapist for Zaire. She said a new therapist chosen with court supervision must be chosen. Wade met with reporters after the hearing and said that he was holding up well despite the tension because "the support of family has been 100 percent." "It makes the bad times good and the good times great," he said. He said he was glad that he and his sons will be together through half of the summer. "Anybody who knows me knows how I love my boys so much," he said. Copyright 2010 The Associated Press.
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