[yonaguska]

This is exactly what it is. I know someone that's essentially representing themselves in family court. They had attorneys but the attorneys are basically useless for you if the opposition has more money and can spam you with motions that they are using AI to generate. which you then need to pay a lawyer to respond to. They since began representing themselves due to lack of money, and lawyer incompetence, and actually started to shut down the opposition... then the judge threatened contempt of court and jail time during one hearing if they chose to continue to make a statement and not accept a court appointed attorney to speak for them. Family court in the US is an absolute farce. The same judge recently started asking about "chatGPT" and mentioning that anything there would need to be disclosed to the courts. The person I know was primarily using their own local machine and models, however.

[qingcharles]

It's just not family courts. Judges absolutely loathe anyone who appears without counsel, mostly because they've been burned with too many sovcits and other nonsense that jams up the systems. So, even if you are competent they will try everything they can to shut you down and won't give you much time of day versus the party with the lawyers.

[watwut]

There is also the possibility that the person in question aggravated the judge by acting in a bonkers way. I have totally seen that - someone not understanding rules and procedures making all the wrong moves and then framing themselves as unfair victim.