I'm not sure what the statistics are, but the high conflict cases anecdotally seem to be as frequent as the amicable ones, and the "medium conflict" ones that s

I'm not sure what the statistics are, but the high conflict cases anecdotally seem to be as frequent as the amicable ones, and the "medium conflict" ones that still cost 10s of thousands of dollars seem very common. The whole marriage/divorce system is (unintentionally) designed such that conflict is likely, and there are also plenty of lawyers and maybe-or-maybe-not-well-meaning friends to stoke the flames.