The matter that I was before the court to support was equally dispatched very quickly and my friend was directed to file some papers with the court clerk outside the courtroom. In the line in front of us was the woman who just received the restraining order and a friend. The conversation between the two of them disqusted me. The woman who was granted the restraining order was nervous and the two of them were talking openly seeming not to care who could hear them. The woman stated to her friend that she had been nervous that the judge would ask her to prove that she had been abused. Her friend countered by saying that they never ask you that and that she had done the same thing when she decided to get divorced. The woman who just got the order said "oh, I did not know that he hit you" the friend said "oh he didn't-I did it for the same reason you are doing it". I did not hear anymore of the conversation because they were called to the clerks window. What I heard was enough. I was stunned and was not sure what to do, and I did nothing. Now I feel horrible because I think I witnessed an abuse of the system and I did nothing.