Santa Clara County Family Court is swamped with over 700 divorce cases a month, half of which are contested involving abuse and children.
Judges lack the resources or the prescience to determine the truth from such great numbers.
Tendencies to be less than truthful appear to be common since a benefit can be had by the perpetrator with little risk. Mediation and Evaluation as attempts to determine the truth are no more successful than judges working alone. Enough time and resources are not available to handle the volume. Six centuries before the birth of Christ a court faced a dilema. Two women gave birth.