
Moremoneyflowsthroughthefamilycourts,andintothehandsofcourthouseinsiders,thaninallothercourtsystemsinAmericacombined-over$50billionayearandgrowing.Throughextensiveresearchandinterviewswiththenation'stopdivorcelawyers,mediators,judges,politicians,litigantsandjournalists,thisdocumentaryuncovershowchildrenaretornfromtheirhomes,unlicensedcustodyevaluatorsextortmoney,andabusivejudgesplaygodwithpeople'sliveswhileenrichingtheirfriends.Thisexplosivedocumentaryrevealsthefamilycourtsasunregulated,extra-constitutionalfiefdoms.Ratherthanassistvictimsofdomesticcrimes,thesecourtsoftenprecipitatethem.Andratherthanhelpparentsandchildrenmoveon,astheyaremandatedtodo,thesecourts-andtheirassociates-dragoutcasesforyears,sometimesdecades,ultimatelyresultinginarashofsocialills,includinghomeforeclosure,bankruptcy,suicideandviolence.Solutionstothecrisisaresoughtoutincountrieswheredivorceishandledinamoreholisticmanner.
