81-year-old lawyer going strong after handling 8,800 divorce cases
Sunday 12th July, 05:06 AM JST
By Miho Kaneko – Kyodo News
FUKUOKA —
Hisako Yukawa, an 81-year-old lawyer, asked a woman throwing a tantrum about her husband, ‘‘What does it mean for you to win a divorce case? I am ready to help you make happy.’’
The woman opened the door of Yukawa’s office wearing a somber expression. But while the lawyer was talking to her, her expression changed.
‘‘This person has turned to such a beauty,’’ Yukawa said. ‘‘That is the moment when I feel happy as a lawyer.’’
Yukawa, from Kumamoto City and the first female lawyer in Kyushu, has handled as many as 8,800 divorce cases in the last 52 years.
‘‘A divorce is a fresh start if that shoves one’s back,’’ she said. ‘‘If you decide on a divorce, face forward and consider your future life.’’
She writes these messages for women plagued with marital problems in her book ‘‘Dignity of Divorce.’’ The messages are rules for a ‘‘happy breakup.’’
She decided to become a lawyer at the advice of her father, also a lawyer, who said, ‘‘Hereafter, women should live independently.’’
She got married with Hiroshi, now 87, who also wanted to enter the legal community, and opened an office in Fukuoka City. Hiroshi eventually became a university professor.
‘‘In the first 10 years of our marriage, he was my dependent,’’ Yukawa said with a laugh. She used to bring her two small children to court, and make them sit in the gallery and wait for her.
Her association with clients is long. A full-time housewife opened a cram school to teach English after her divorce. Another woman bashfully visited her office with her new husband.
‘‘As long as there are clients, I will continue my job,’’ she said.
‘‘It’s not good to look only at your husband. What is important is to have your own world,’’ Yukawa said.
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