Since we have been talking about court systems, I thought I would post some information about how the U.S. court systems work. The lowest level deals with issues such as foreclosure, adoption, and other small cases. The next level is general and limited jurisdiction courts which deal with cases with more at stake. One can then go to the Appellate court which reviews these decisions if one of the parties feels the decision was unfair. After that is the state supreme court which works like the appellate court, only then can the case go to federal court. Each state has a slightly different system such as probate court vs small claims court, but all have the same structure. Here is a good overview.