# In what circumstances is "Hearsay" admissable? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 12, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-circumstances-is-hearsay-admissable/550056 "2010-08-12T16:57:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-circumstances-is-hearsay-admissable/550056/21 "2010-08-13T04:16:35Z")
Family Court proceedings in many jurisdictions have less restrictive laws of evidence than elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-circumstances-is-hearsay-admissable/550056/22 "2010-08-13T21:12:57Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > I’m a Doper, and therefore predisposed to personally research my problems and to try to understand what’s happening around me. Please stop trying to psychoanalyze, that’s not what this thread is about. We’re not trying to psychoanalyze. You have a lawyer. You have a legal question. You should ask your legal questions to your lawyer. You’re not going to get a better answer on your own than you will from a conversation with a competent attorney. If the situation is as serious as it sounds, then a ten minute conversation with your lawyer is a good value – especially if you see this as an important piece of evidence. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![ivn1188](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e480ec/32.png) [@ivn1188](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivn1188)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-circumstances-is-hearsay-admissable/550056/23 "2010-08-13T22:06:31Z")
> [@Cliffy](#): > > > [@TruCelt](#): > > > > I’m a Doper, and therefore predisposed to personally research my problems and to try to understand what’s happening around me. Please stop trying to psychoanalyze, that’s not what this thread is about. > > We’re not trying to psychoanalyze. You have a lawyer. You have a legal question. You should ask your legal questions to your lawyer. You’re not going to get a better answer on your own than you will from a conversation with a competent attorney. If the situation is as serious as it sounds, then a ten minute conversation with your lawyer is a good value – especially if you see this as an important piece of evidence. > > –Cliffy Thank you. I couldn’t find a way to say this without sounding mean. Plus the lawyer will have the advantage of perspective over a litigant – lots of clients get really excited an adamant about specific details of their case that might be important to them, but are at best tangental to the case. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-circumstances-is-hearsay-admissable/550056/24 "2010-08-14T14:01:25Z")
Look, I’m not an idiot. This is extremely important and of course I have discussed it with my lawyer. I am also trying to research on my own so that I have a full and deep understanding of the issues at hand. How is this so difficult to understand? Do you really think that in a similar circumstance there could possibly be anyone so authoritative that you would blindly trust whatever they told you? Please. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-circumstances-is-hearsay-admissable/550056/25 "2010-08-14T14:52:29Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Do you really think that in a similar circumstance there could possibly be anyone so authoritative that you would blindly trust whatever they told you? No, but you must recognize that any research you do online for a subject like this is unlikely to be definitive or extremely fruitful due to the complexities of the law and the particularities of your case. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-circumstances-is-hearsay-admissable/550056/26 "2010-08-14T14:59:45Z")
I want to thank those of you who have been so helpful and answered my question. I really appreciate your input, and I apologize for the tone this thread has taken. If anyone has more/different factual input or recommendations for references, please PM it to me. I think this thread has passed the point of diminishing returns. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-circumstances-is-hearsay-admissable/550056/27 "2010-08-14T17:36:45Z")
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