(Originally posted as a reply to the fathers4equality group on Yahoo)

There are times when I want to stop researching and asking people about this process, but the brutality that I see stops me. Digging out the realities of this system has become a commitment I may keep the rest of my life.

The sad fact is that dealing with Intervention Orders is considered trash work even for solicitors and barristers.
The work is seen as dirty and repugnant. Most attorneys, even those starting their careers dependent on legal aid referrals, won't touch it unless they have to. It's not hard to see why. -- Anyone can see the laws are an abuse of civil and human rights.
In the midst of my troubles, I said to one policeman: "Intervention Orders are a breech of human and civil rights." He looked up from the door of his car and said, "Too right.", then closed the door and drove away.

A lawyer must be amoral. They must be willing to do anything to win the case for their clients. In fact, it's not hard to show that they are professional psychopaths. Any twinge of morality will only impede their work.
Many lawyers end their careers because they find they cannot continue.
The ones that stay in the career have learned to put their own beliefs and feelings aside.
Sadly, that makes the law amoral in practice.

Unfortunately, lawmakers are most often chosen from the ranks of lawyers.
You have to wonder why these people go to church, unless it's to take their place in confession or to pray for forgiveness.

A lawyer makes their money in the abscesses in the law. The small corners where the law doesn't cover. Usually, those abscesses are called "civil matters", a term used as a dumping ground for issues the legislators will not touch. You can think of them as the "too hard" file.
The quixotic nature of Intervention Orders is a perfect example. Where else in the law is it possible to convict and punish someone without a trial, then punish them further if they object?

Sadly, the bitter, unjust prejudice in the implementation of Intervention Orders is the foundation of most of Family Court decisions.
There is a good reason for the old joke about how to save society: "Shoot all the lawyers first."