Family Court Quotes

“[American family court] is a system that is corrupt on his best day. It is like being tied to the back of a pickup truck and dragged down a gravel late at night. No one can hear your cries and complaints and it is not over until they say it's over.”
― Alec Baldwin, A Promise to Ourselves: A Journey Through Fatherhood and Divorce

“They throw rice at a new marriage, then give him beans in a divorcement.”
― Anthony Liccione

“Through no-fault divorce, one parent can now declare unilaterally that the marriage has "broken down" and invite the state in to take control and remove the other parent without the parent having committed any legal transgression. What the government then offers to the parent who invites it in is the promise that her invitation will be rewarded; the state will establish her as a puppet government, a satrap of the state within the family. This requires that not the faithless but the faithful parent be punished.”
― Stephen Baskerville

“Simon leveled the gun at Will again. 'Now,' he said casually, 'someone's gonna die here in the next minute.'

On the other side of the two-way mirror, Sammy took aim.

'That's exactly right,' she whispered.”
― Jenna Brooks, An Early Frost

“It's all interrelated, these destructive things I do. I latch on to people, like I'm collecting them. I'm always looking for a hero, you know?”
― Jenna Brooks, An Early Frost

“To protect the child, the court can issue temporary orders placing the child in shelter care-LEARN HOW THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM WORKS, Author, V J SMITH, BARNES AND NOBLE NOOK BOOKS”
― V J Smith, THE BEST CRAFTS FOR TOTS BOOK

“If no relatives can be located who are willing to take the children, they may come into legal custody of the state and may be placed into nonrelative foster care-LEARN ABOUT KINSHIP CARE AND THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM,C Author, V J SMITH BARNES AND NOBLE NOOK BOOKS”
― V J Smith

“Go with me into the book. I dare you. It's safe there.”
― Niedria Kenny, Order in the Courtroom: The Tale of a Texas Poker Player

“I killed everyone in the book. But I was the only one who died in reality.”
― Niedria Kenny, Order in the Courtroom: The Tale of a Texas Poker Player