should sex between consenting adults ever be illegal?

[jberryhill]

106. A psychiatrist?

If you do not see the problem with a mental health professional developing a relationship with his/her patient, I do not have the time to explain it.

The divorce lawyer problem is the reason WHY many states have made it a violation for lawyers to commence a sexual relationship with a client which did not exist at the time of the engagement as counsel.

First off, lawyers are to provide clients with objective professional services absent personal interest in the outcome. For a lawyer to take a personal interest in an estate or alimony arrangement gives rise to a conflict of interest. Viz. Anna Nicole Smith and the doings of her estate lawyer cum spouse.

What transpires is that lawyers would take up with wealthy divorcees and widows, be their hero in their time of need, seduce them, marry them, and then divorce them. The entire relationship was premised on personal interest in their what they were supposed to be objectively seeking for their clients, not themselves.