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- Is the petitioner's attorney ready?
- I am, Your Honor.
:22:22
I would like to call Joanna Kramer.
:22:24
Motherhood, going for the throat.
:22:26
You swear to tell the truth
and nothing but the truth?
:22:29
I do.
:22:36
Now, Mrs. Kramer, would you tell
the court how long you were married?
:22:40
Eight years.
:22:42
And would you describe those years
as happy?
:22:45
The first two, yes.
:22:48
But after that it became
increasingly difficult.
:22:52
Mrs. Kramer, did you hold a job
before you were married?
:22:56
Yes, I did.
When I first got out of Smith...
:23:00
...I worked in the art department of
Mademoiselle magazine for years.
:23:05
Did you continue to work
after you were married?
:23:09
No. I did not.
:23:11
Did you wish to?
:23:13
Yes, but every time I talked to Ted...
:23:18
To my ex-husband about it,
he wouldn't listen.
:23:23
He refused to discuss it
in any serious way.
:23:27
He said that I
probably couldn't get a job...
:23:30
...that would pay enough
to hire a babysitter.
:23:33
Tell me, are you employed
at the present time?
:23:36
I'm a sportswear designer
here in New York.
:23:39
And what is your present salary?
:23:41
I make $31,000 a year.
:23:44
Mrs. Kramer, do you love your child?
:23:48
Yes, I do, very much.
:23:51
And yet you chose to leave him.
:23:55
Yes.