My wife has successfully stalled for over a year in getting a mental health evaluation with little or now consequences to herself. She still has sole temporary custody of the children even though my PREVIOUS lawyer told me that the court has very little bias anylonger.
Yeah, right. It will take two kids floating face down in the bathtub before anyone takes my concerns seriously. :((
Family court is a joke.
The article gives a couple examples of what I went through, and over a five year period I spent nearly $30K fighting. I gave up, and have essentially fallen off of the face of the earth as far as the court system is concerned. Someday, I know I'll see my daughter again - when she's an adult and independent from her deranged mother. Don't count on the courts to help you do anything but drain your wallet into the system, and use the fact that you are a caring parent against you. They don't care that she may be psycho - it just keeps all of you "in the system" in one way or another.
The article did not even touch on the crime of child support.
Family law? HAH!
Been there, done that.
You and your kids are in my prayers.