Used to go to court a lot over deadbeats, vandals and thieves while I was a property owner and manager in Massachusetts.
I have no more respect for the courts than they have respect for the law.
Would never go back for any reason.
I can't blame ya.
Looking at the NYC courts, I wonder about these folks.
I've seen judges try and help defendents and even give them advice and encouragement on how to file complaints and harass police officers.
In housing court I've seen folks who are judges who also work dual jobs as heads of tenant advocate organizations (guess how they feel about landlords).
Domestic court is sometimes funny too. Once when I was there a couple were before the judge as they had both charged each other with some nonesense over child custody, which had been going on for about 3 years.
When the Judge found out that there had never been any formal visitation/custody papers signed he found both people in contempt and ordered them to be placed in side by side cells until they could come to an agreement.