The New York Times shows the mess that sometimes flows from the family to the court and out into the parking lots.
Avi Salzman writes (excerpt):
Mr. Spears said he used to work on criminal cases, but rarely did those clients give him the chills like some of the people in his divorce cases.
“I represented some bad people,” he said, referring to his previous criminal clients. “I never felt nervous going into criminal court. There’s sort of a code. They never mess with lawyers.”
There are many reasons why divorce cases can get messy, lawyers and judges said. When courts get involved in determining how often people can see their children, or whether they can see them at all, it can make the litigants snap.