A long time ago I was getting a divorce and tried to file all the paperwork myself because we were both chill about it and wanted to save money. The judge rejected the first set of paperwork because it was printed on both sides of the paper. The second time I was missing a form, but the clerk would not tell me which form I was missing because that's legal advice? Ended up wasting about 20 hours of my life and hiring an attorney anyway

[–] miz@hexbear.net 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

the judge and most likely the clerk are lawyers who have a vested interest in maintaining the profitability of being an attorney. you tried to take away their chance at buying a second boat and you must be punished

[–] prole@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago

Yeah, it was in a pretty small town in the Southern US so it's almost certainly corrupt af