Parrot Settlement Makes Lawyer Question His Career

Divorces can get weird, man...

Close-uo of a Macaw parrot in the wildernessUPDATE: 11/16/16 10:00 a.m.: Check out an important update to this story here.

Polly wants a cracker. But which spouse is liable for providing crackers during the week, and which is on the hook on weekends and two weeks over the summer?

Attorney Michael Adler celebrated his most recent successful divorce settlement by posting on Twitter, and he seems to be harboring some — inevitably tongue-in-cheek — concerns about his career choices.

Sometimes you don’t get to choose the battles you fight, and that means you wake up drafting a non-disparagement agreement for a f**king parrot.

The struggle is real in this profession.


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