I'm an attorney with a little experience in family law in Southern California. Family courts are already overbooked and overworked. They are the "wild west" of the judicial system becuase judges must decide matters quickly, usually with incomplete information (often because the parties do not provide complete or accurate info), and frequently without regard to techinical procedures and safegaurds. Arguments and tactics that would never work in a regualr civil court often find purchase in family courts, and the litigants and attorneys take full advantage of this fact.

Judges do not like making decisions under these circumstances, but they do not have a choice either. Taking more time or holding another hearing for every case is simply not an option because there are not enough courtrooms, staff, and judges as is.

The best solution, of course, is to direct more money into the judicial system to build more courthouses, hire more staff, and more judges. Unfortunately, the American taxpayers appear to have other priorities.