Legal Abuse Syndrome in Family Court In litigation, particularly 12th Circuit Family Court, lives can be devastated, life savings wiped out, homes and families ruined, child relationships destroyed and unqualified Judges making life long decisions about your children that don’t have a clue of “the best interest of the child” Many people will experience corruption in our legal system with judges, lawyers, court appointed “expert” witnesses, and others. Attempts to get the corruption addressed or even recognized by authorities are met with deaf ears and complete ambivalence.