This book is about those who represent themselves as Litigants in Person in the family justice system. It calls for a refocusing of the debate about the historical challenges associated with Litigants in Person as well as the role they should play within the family justice system in England and Wales.Drawing together interviews with Litigants in Person and decades of research into selfrepresentation from across multiple jurisdictions this book provides an account of the family justice system through the eyes of its users. It employs an innovative sociolegal framework comprising feminist theory a Bourdieusian theory of class vulnerability theory and actornetwork theory to explore the journey that Litigants in Person take through the legal cultural and social context of the family court.