Parents are left bitter and hateful from the fight over who gets what. It's often the children, the helpless ones, who suffer most, permanently emotionally scared. Lengthy and traumatic custody trials prolong the agony and intensify the damage. Mothers and fathers divide their possessions. Children are torn, wondering who their parent will be.
Criminals often trace their lives of crime roots back to a broken family.
The vicious circle turns back on itself and society as a whole, then goes around all over again, repeating itself through the lives of the next generation. A Blaine County judge and a counselor want to do something to try and stop the cycle. We get through, go to the plexiglass window and ask to see the judge. I forget to introduce myself properly. Sometimes I lack in formalities.