Family,
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Aug. 26, 2019
Pyrrhic victories and the cost of family law litigation
Like King Pyrrhus and the Romans, most family law litigants come to the dispute with limited resources. In many, if not most cases, the primary issue is how to divide those same resources that will be used to fund the case. In other words, the pie being divided will become smaller and smaller as the conflict goes on and until they find themselves like the victorious but depleted Pyrrhus.
Scott M. Gordon
Neutral
Signature Resolution LLC
Email: judgegordon@signatureresolution.com
Southwestern University School of Law
Judge Gordon (Ret.) is a member of the International Network of Hague Judges.
"One more such victory and we are undone."
-- Pyrrhus of Eprius
Epirus was a region between what is now Greece and Albania. It is a rugged and mountainous place made up of the Pindus Mountains and jagged ridges of the Dinaric Alps. According to Greek mythology, Eperios was the daughter of two of the demi-gods that populated the Pantheon. Her brother Pentheus was ...
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