Personal experience reading filings. In most states (and certainly in California), there's no need to prove any particular or even general allegation in a fili

Personal experience reading filings. In most states (and certainly in California), there's no need to prove any particular or even general allegation in a filing. It's basically a license to rant about your soon-to-be ex. Most people aren't dumb enough to pay lawyers extra to spout off; they just want the divorce. But as you can imagine, giving people who are hurt, bitter, and angry about a failed relationship a venue to publicly berate their partner does often enough lead to all manner of nastiness. This isn't new, either; it's been going on for as long as there's been divorce. It makes for mildly entertaining reading, but one can't really take any of it as fact.