Family Court Comics
Custody hearings, continuances, and the strange calm of a judge reading your text messages aloud. These are the comics about the building itself: the motions, the exhibits, and the people paid to make it last.
#33 When co-parenting gets stretched through years of conflict, even a…
#50 When Coparenting Becomes Playground Politics
#74 "Zealous Advocacy."
#49 "She sent me TWELVE notes during lunch!"
#48 "Couldn't you just… email it to me like a normal person?"
#47 "Do you guys want me to sign a release form or something?"
#43 Nothing says "I've moved on" like another $5,000 attorney bill
#40 "Excessive (adjective): more than is necessary, normal, or desirable."
#46 "Your Honor, he's been calling me names and saying mean things to me!"
#31 Discovery Request No. 266:
#28 Three counties later, Jon finally found an attorney willing to tell him exactly what he wanted to hear
#26 Joint custody. Joint forgetfulness
#27 Holidays on trial
#29 Not the character witness the court was hoping for
#38 Some coparents never outgrow the terrible twos
#45 "But your Honor, he didn't even LOOK at the note I left on his desk for a WHOLE DAY!"
#36 Somewhere over Ohio, Gary started to regret flying pro se
#44 Sometimes an adult has to step in
#22 Resentment: the gift that keeps on billing
#18 Some people don't care what the retainer costs
#17 "So you're telling me your coparent communicates… only in memes? To bypass your A.I. filter?"
#15 "So you're seeking 50/50 custody because you want equal time with your children?"
#14 Pronouns are hard under oath
#2 Court is basically theater. And then reality checks in
#12 Bring Your Lawyer to Family Court Day
#4 A friendly suggestion, filed as Exhibit B
#9 "I insist our children only eat organic. No dyes. No sugar. No processed snacks. In. Either. Home."
#11 "As you can see, Your Honor, my client earned FOUR stars this month."
#10 Exhibit A through ZZZ
#5 When the parenting plan is so tangled, even the court gives up