The answer is it shouldn't. But in America you get the best justice you can afford, or you get lucky and hire a lawyer who went to law school with the judge. Nothing new about that statement, goes all the way back to the Garden of Eden. But the whole government will rally behind a lying women and make sure she gets away with lying and stealing and keeping the father from his children. This is just plain immoral.
Lawyers love it.
Stupid judges fail to do anything about it. Perhaps someday someone will produce a study as to actually how much money it costs someone to be falsely accused. I got off lucky compared to other stuff I hear. Case was dismissed by the Solicitor's office. I am convinced if women ever stop lying, or judges start punishing them for lying, half the lawyers in this country will have to find work as used car salesmen.