A recent decision of His Honour Justice Benjamin in the Sydney Registry of the Family Court starkly demonstrates the consequences that can result when parties allow emotions to get out of control and fight to the death in the Family Court.
The report on the case in the Daily Telegraph of 25 November 2014 speaks for itself with one party having run up costs of $690,000 fighting his estranged wife.
Para 18 of the judgment sums up His Honour's views where he said:
18. Whether they have previously done so or not, the legal practitioners representing the husband and the wife need to step forward and offer non-confrontational solutions to their respective clients. The parties themselves should stop, take a deep breath, look around, think and find better ways to vent the anger, bitterness and aggression they may have for each other and consider the devastating impact that these proceedings may be having on their children and the devastating impact on the parties' economic circumstances.
One thing is certain, if the litigation continues, neither the parties nor their children will be the winners.
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