When a judge’s effort to appear neutral leads to injustice

By Steve Benmor ( December 23, 2025, 3:09 PM EST) -- Nobody likes conflict. Not lawyers, not mediators and not judges. But day in and day out, we see high-conflict cases in family court. In fact, it has become a fairly regular occurrence for judges’ endorsements to begin with a description of the case as “a high-conflict case” before rendering their analysis and decision....