From my experience in practising in family law, which was one area of practice that I did litigate in, oftentimes it would be the woman who would make an application for child support or to confirm custody or access provisions in a court order. I take it from what you're saying, then, that if the woman is oftentimes the applicant, they would now be the ones self-represented or appealing decisions that were made when perhaps they didn't have proper legal representation.
On February 2nd, 2017. See this statement in context.