If you live in Florida this article will be very important. I do not think it is debatable that the family court systems in this country are operating largely to the detriment of the family. They are overloaded and under-staffed as it is. Family courts make (arguably) some of the most important decisions in the entire court system. The breakdown of the American family can affect so many societal problems, this has been demonstrated in studies again and again. Yet, while our government laments about the breakdown of the family, absentee parenting, gangs, violence, theft, teenage pregnancy... they continually skim money from the very programs created to address these problems: family courts and schools. St Petersburg Times