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Anonymous wrote:Recently divorced, my psychopathic ex who I realized is a criminal. They are a high-level federal government attorney. Forged my name, removed most of their pension. Hid money through fake “loans” to family and friends. Hired a crooked duck web attorney to cover up all of their crimes disempowered me resulting in me losing everything. A retired, biased and incompetent judge heard the case. I had no attorney. I lost everything. Family court is a complete farce. Criminals win if they pay the right people. Any advice on how to even fix some of this would be appreciated. Discovery phase of divorce was completely skipped over. Case went right to merits. Tons of corruption exposed. I paid the price for whistleblowing.
Unless you have lots of money for an attorney it's game over. The American justice center system rewards those who have the means to hire a proven competent attorney and they cost money lots of it.
As a trial lawyer, here’s what I see. People without lawyers have a really difficult time figuring out how to get in evidence and constantly miss deadlines - even where judges bend over backwards to help. And missing deadlines and failing to get evidence in to meet your burden of proof will be always fatal to your case. It’s not that easy. There are rules about what’s admissible and how you can get it in. And then there are cases that interpret those rules. Lawyers spend years in school and the rest of their professional careers studying.
For whatever reason, people will spend money on other professions. People pay doctors, accountants, plumbers, electricians, whatever. They find a way to pay for it. But they think they can do it themselves in court. But, as OP has seen, you get what you pay for.