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Au contraire the comment that Mark Harris made says it all as he intended. Yes obviously litigants are the cause of many a issue, but you will often find that it is the lawyers who advise and take best advantage of this acrimony/greed. To fully understand how biased/outdated the divorce laws are in this modern world of equality you must have been or be a litigant , preferably a doting father. "Nothing gets enforced upon mothers" how true, the children are assumed to be the property of the mother who then "allows" the father to see his children regardless of any unenforceable ridiculously expensive contact order. Not only that on divorce she is then entitled to the majority of assets he has earned and gets a tidy sum from spousal maintenance till death, child support which she does not need to provide accountability for and on top of that tax credit/benefits. Realizing at that point, in the house she has been awarded that she is better of putting her feet up and enjoying her life than going to work.

I still remember with disdain what my barrister told me "If you didn't like the fact she was not working why didn't you divorce her then" along with
"The other barrister is quitting because this is not a Big Money case " and just before court to the other party "Don;t worry this is a good judge".
No doubt they will both go on to becoming outstanding Judges after they have built up a fortune from their big money cases and wish to retire.