([London] Times) Intelligent couples put extra pain into divorce, says judge

Well-educated parents who wage legal war over their children after separation have been condemned by England’s most senior family court judge.

Separating parents “rarely behave reasonably” and have no idea how much damage they inflict on their children with protracted custody battles and personal attacks on one another, Sir Nicholas Wall said.

Children were routinely used as “the battlefield and ammunition” for parents to hammer out their own personal disputes.

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