1. They have no accountability. "Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
2. They have huge biases from several factors. They are severely biased against men, pro se litigants, self-employed people and more.
3. They have no feedback loop, as any business must, to know what is happening to its customers as a result of their orders, adjust and improve the system.
4. They seem to get worse, instead of better with more time on the bench as their arrogance builds and their immunity allows them to lash out at people without any consequence.
5. Their egos prevent them from doing their real job: "Determine the facts and apply the law".  In family court they do nothing but listen to hearsay (from lawyers) and then do whatever they want. In fact what they make most of their decisions on is actually INADMISSIBLE in any REAL court of law.

   Judges crush men emotionally, financially and in every other way possible to make themselves think they are the knights on white horses saving women and children, when in fact they generate truly evil results that a) alienate ex-spouses and result in 1-30 years of harm to children, deny children their fathers and financially ruin families. Divorce should be simple, but lawyers make far too much money making it complex and getting spouses to fight by keeping them apart. This is one of the biggest frauds hoisted on society in history. They have just created laws over the decades to perpetuate and protect this money driven, evil system.

1. Demand a full "evidentiary hearing" and to call and question your witnesses. Any refusal of due process makes the judges order VOID with no effect or legal force and often they deny you these constitutional rights. If you do not KNOW and ASK FOR your rights you will be treated as if you have none.
2. File a notice of appeal (free) to protect your rights after any unfair order or judgment. This is a simple letter stating you will appeal, but it must be filed within 30 days of you getting notice of a decision. An interlocutory appeal is an appeal to a single justice for review and a faster process.
3. Demand a finding of facts. This requires judge to record what conclusions they made. These must be supported by testimony and evidence. If they are not supported by the testimony and evidence then the judge is clearly overstepping his authority.

   Do not be intimidated by "contempt" threats. Criminal contempt requires a jury trial. Demand it. Most contempt is civil and judges are abusing their power to intimidate and force men into illegal, void and impossible orders. Civil contempt requires a "purge" amount to be paid to be release, as it is not punitive but only to coerce cooperation. Even if you are found guilty you must be release with a payment plan which is limited by federal law.

   The game of divorce in Massachusetts, and many other states, is rigged by a corrupt, money driven system. People with money are put through a ringer to extract as much of the estate as possible under the guise of "the best interests of the children" and other excuses.  The proof of this is apparently people without money get through divorce without any lawyers at all, people with middle income and assets pay very significant legal fees, and people with high incomes and assets pay enormous legal fees. The proof of this is that among the first questions lawyers will ask when interviewing you is about your assets.  I know one person who had a prenup and has been milked for over $500,000 in legal fees in what is basically a simple basic divorce with all the usual issues.

   Unfortunately due to the very strong feminist (read the man hating militant feminists) lobby the laws, procedures, training and foundation of this system has been chipped away at and slanted further and further now for over three decades to favor women.  The issuance under extremely lax and unconstitutional domestic violence laws is one pillar of this corrupt system.  These orders are used  to eject men from their homes with no notice, garnish an average of 40% of their take-home pay and kidnap their children - all often without the father even being able to say a single word, without any real trial and without any conviction, or sometimes even an accusation, that any domestic violence occurred.  These lax domestic violence laws are the nuclear weapon of divorce.  However, in the absence of enough malice between the divorcing parties the purposely unleveled playing field will suffice. By offering, primarily the women, enormous and unfair financial benefits and custody of the children the woman's attorney can usually stir up the pot enough to increase the hostility to generate $50,000, $100,000 in fees or more, for what should be a very standard process to divide assets and share child custody.

   This system is basically out of control and it is the case of the "foxes watching the hen house". The judges are breaking the law and their oaths of office nearly every day in nearly every case by ignoring the higher laws of the land including, but not limited to, the constitution and supreme court law. Many of these citations of law are available on this site (use the search function above to find these or click here) 

THE CAUSE:

The enjoyment and company of our children and the responsibilities that go with that are "fundamental constitutional rights" that can only be restricted to the minimum extent possible by "substantive due process" when a parent is "unfit" or DANGEROUS to their children.  In other words legally these rights can not be taken away without  a "compelling interest" of the state AND proper due process. Yet this happens ILLEGALLY every single day in most family courts in the nation.  These courts have become kangaroo courts that ignore the real law (the constitution and U.S. Supreme court) because there is no jury, oversight or liability.  Family courts routinely grant custody in ten minute hearings only to mothers based on pure sexual bias, tradition and stereotypes with no real examination of the facts, evidence or situation. They railroad everyone through a RUBBER STAMPED process that is illegal!

Danger or harm to the child, not anything else, MUST be PROVEN to deny fathers (or any parent) their rights to raise their children.  This constitutional guarantee is broken every day in every state in most divorce cases.   This has been upheld by the U.S. Supreme court and yet is ignored by state courts every day illegally.  Judges should be going to jail, but have made themselves immune and do whatever they want.  Why?

Follow the MONEY. Lawyers are getting rich off the intentional imbalance created and maintained by them in this "legal" system. They cause as much contentious fighting as possible, keep the parties apart and hence drive up their legal fees. Anyone know parties must communication to resolve and negotiate - but what do lawyers do? They do everything possible to separate the parties and break down communications.  Getting a restraining order is the first strategy that instantly separates fathers from their children by PRETENDING there is danger or physical abuse when there is not. Lawyers admit in private that at least half, and some say as many as 95% of all restraining orders issued (in Massachusetts) are bogus. Women are simply using domestic violence laws, which are designed to protect battered women, as an offensive weapon in divorce against men never involved in any such incident.

Most courts today awarding custody under the "best interests of the child" doctrine, which is a complete sham to circumvent the constitution.  This policy is so vague it must be considered unlawful (as per U.S. Supreme Court).  It allows any judge to make any ruling, without any support, evidence or accountability of any kind to any one based entirely on personal opinion, personal bias or anything else they want.  Often this is a snap judgment at a temporary orders hearing done in ten minutes that will impact your children's lives and yours forever!  Then this uninformed temporary order becomes the basis for the permanent order later.  Most often who is the "primary caregiver" is all what matters most - as long as it is a woman.   It is a winner take all system when both parents have equal rights to their children.