Lies in Court

Modern Law has a brief but interesting article on lying by litigants in family court. It is a bit optimistic in that it assumes that judges will make the right decision which in my case was simply not true. 

If you can relate to these questions, there are four things you need to know:

1. Yes, if the opposing party has lied under oath, they have committed perjury, which is a crime;
2. Family court is separate from criminal court, to be charged with perjury, a prosecutor has to take an interest in the case;
3. I have never heard of a party to a family law case being charged with perjury;
4. It still matters.

Unfortunately nothing is said about lawyers lying in court. Which reminds me of the old joke:

        How can you tell when a lawyer is lying? When his lips are moving.