'Anything can happen here': How the Family Court failed to live up to its promise Normal text size Advertisement It did not take Rob long to conclude in his first foray into the Family Court system that justice might have little to do with the outcome. No lawyer could offer him any guidance on how much access he might expect to have to his son, Jackson, though he hoped it might be something more than he had, which was nothing. He was told family law did not work on precedents. Rather, he should be prepared to accept a range of outcomes.