True story (minor details have been changed to protect the privacy of those involved)…

Janie and Joe had been separated for nearly a year. The paperwork had been filed, the support amount had been determined and the custody arrangements had been arranged. That said, they were still struggling to find some sense of normalcy in their new lives.

One Sunday night toward the end of the month, the kids returned from a visit with Joe and were ecstatic to tell their mother about the great weekend they had. Janie bit her tongue while she listened patiently, then sent the girls to bed and seethed until the wee hours of the morning. The following day, she did what nearly every divorcing person does when they feel defeated: she called her lawyer.