Of course it does the entire family court and law system is set up to be abused. My divorce should have been amicable but once she got an atty involved it was turned into a multi year tens of thousands of dollars spent on nothing!!! Literally. What should have been nothing more than some awkward and uncomfortable negotiations was turned into a never ending fuctercluck with me paying for both sides so she had no incentive to end it.
Attys and the courts turned a sad situation into one where every petty human emotion was fostered and encouraged to a point where I will never ever spend one more second with the ex than I must and that harms my kids and everything else. It’s a horrible system just designed for abuse by self serving attys and fools on the bench.
HamiltonJay, your story sounds a lot like the divorce case my poor (woman) friend went through. You might be interested in this new movie that talks about how lawyers are screwing EVERYONE involved in divorce cases.
Here is the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZTOT6DKfZ8
Regards,