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Who needs Hollywood when we have Family Court? When Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice Quinn was assigned the case of Larry Bruni v. Catherine Bruni in 2010, he was not looking for entertainment.  What he found was a family in crisis with parents feuding over their children. After Larry and Catherine were married, they had two children, 13 year old Taylor and 11 year old Brandon.  Larry’s close friend was Sam.  They worked together.  Larry was the best man at Sam’s wedding.  A few years later, Sam separated from his wife.  This was around the same time that Larry and Catherine also separated.  Sam and Catherine are now together and live very close to Larry and his new partner. After Mr. Justice Quinn presided over this trial (where neither parent was represented by a lawyer), he sat down to write his judgment. In his opening paragraph, he writes: “Paging Dr. Freud. Paging Dr. Freud.” And then, he continues: “This...