were inaudible, but overheard by the Baliff. The officer turned to my wife and I and said, "Why don't you folks just take a seat here, until we clear him out of the building."

Yeah..we got the extension on that deranged 'blank'. I also have a handgun or long gun tucked handy to all cover all doors, and always am armed.

It is a 'civil' matter? Yeah, right. However, the judge was not patient with his manner nor words, finally snappishly directing him to "just stay out of their bubble". We shall see. Mental illnesses don't follow legal dictates very well.

However, sounds like your guy may be a bit less driven. One can certainly plan for the event, but it may fade and die the death of his inattention, and -- for a guy like him -- his guaranteed new problems with other events of his own making.