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Splitting the Baby

The most famous custody case in history was decided by a king who threatened to cut a child in half, never investigated the dead infant at the center of the dispute, and was praised because the people feared him. Family law still runs on that story's two halves: the oracle judge who sees the truth, and the settlement extracted under threat. Neither half produces findings, and children live in the gap.

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