Yes, the wreckage and devastation caused by America's long term illicit affair with that tramp, Socialism, is found in many places. Family law is one of them.
I don't know about this particular case, but there is an underlying issue in this country that flies in the face of "patriotism" in any form. To be blunt about it, the U.S. goes to great lengths to "defend our country" and "promote freedom" around the world, when in fact the government social order we've cultivated right here at home would have been utterly repulsive to people even just one or two generations ago.