“When You See Your $75,000 GAL Volunteering to Reduce Litigation Costs…”

How Family Court Professionals Publicly Preach Reform While Quietly Profiting from Dysfunction

They smile in public posts, wear the badge of “volunteer,” and claim to help families avoid court battles. But behind the scenes? Many of these same professionals profit directly from the very chaos they say they want to fix.

Welcome to the great gaslighting of the family court system.

💰 The Price Tag of “Help”

When you’ve spent over $75,000 and counting on a Guardian ad Litem, someone who was supposed to represent the best interest of your child, you expect accountability, action, and maybe even some results. What you don’t expect is to see that same professional publicly promoted as a selfless volunteer, lauded for reducing the cost of litigation.

Reducing costs? Tell that to the parents forced to choose between paying their bills and funding “therapeutic contact” they never agreed to. Tell that to the parent billed thousands for supervised visits that never happened. Tell that to the children caught in a pay-to-play reunification pipeline that leaves them more confused and alienated than ever.

⚖️ The Conflict Nobody Talks About

Many of these professionals wear multiple hats:

GALs one day

Divorce Attorneys the next

Board members of local nonprofits the day after that

They stand in family courtrooms claiming neutrality while operating within a web of undisclosed affiliations, referral-based appointments, and unchecked authority.

Meanwhile, the parent targeted by false narratives, who dares to challenge the system, is labeled high-conflict. Uncooperative. Dangerous. Not because of evidence, but because they won’t quietly comply.

🧾 Accountability Isn’t Personal, It’s Policy

This isn’t about personal attacks. This is about public records, financial transparency, and ethical oversight. If a professional can:

Withhold communication from one parent

Disregard court orders that don’t fit their narrative

Align with unlicensed providers

And then boast online about providing “access to quality mediation”

Families deserve to ask: Who are they really serving? And who’s paying the price?

🛑 We Don’t Need Platitudes. We Need Reform.

It’s time to stop confusing “volunteer” with “virtuous.”

It’s time to investigate how much money flows through GAL appointments, court-aligned therapists, and the extended litigation cycle.

And it’s time to say this out loud:

The public image of compassion is often built on private suffering.