Judge Judy was asked to decide a most difficult question: which of two women claiming to be the mother of an infant child was indeed the biological mother? Each woman claimed that the child was hers. Judge Judy told the women that there was an easy solution: she was going to cut the child in half. At this pronouncement, one of the women began to cry. She shouted, "No! I can't stand it; don't do it!" The other woman was ashen-faced, but silent. Are the women's reactions to Judge Judy's decision relevant? To what issue are their reactions relevant? What assistance do the Advisory Committee Notes provide in resolving the relevancy issues in this problem? If the parable instead involved two men, who both claimed to be the father of the child, would their reactions be similarly relevant or irrelevant? Compare the relevancy of the reactions of the alleged mothers with the reactions of the alleged fathers. Ethics Consideration. You are the attorney for one of the women. She testified that she is the biological mother. Before the conclusion of the trial, she told you that she is not the biological mother. What should you do? Illinois Rules of Prof'l