Judge Robert Doyel retired in 2010 after nearly 16 years as a Florida judge, mostly in family court. Over the years he handled part or all of 15,000 to 20,000 restraining order (injunction) cases as well as thousands of dependency, divorce, custody, and paternity cases.

Judge Doyel received awards and commendations from the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence, three different Florida Supreme Court chief justices, Florida Governor Jeb Bush, and the Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers for his work as a family and domestic violence court judge.

Before going on the bench, he was a law school professor and a board certified trial and appellate lawyer. Judge Doyel has a bachelor's degree (BBA w/Distinction) and law degree (JD) from the University of Oklahoma and a master's degree (LLM) and a doctorate (SJD) from the University of Wisconsin.

He is a veteran of the Vietnam War.

In his years on the bench, Judge Doyel developed expertise in domestic violence cases and began to see a consistent pattern of female-on-female stalking, harassment, and violence in cases in which two women were, or previously had been, involved with the same man. This pattern was especially apparent in cases in which one or both of the women had a baby with the man, usually out of wedlock.

That pattern of conflict, a higher incidence of domestic violence, and many other problems associated with unwed pregnancies (including effects on the rest of us) inspired Judge Doyel to write a series of books on what he calls The Baby Mama Syndrome. The first book, subtitled Unwed Parents, Intimate Partners, Romantic Rivals, and the Rest of Us, highlights many of the situations in which the syndrome plays out, often involving sex and violence, described in the sometimes graphic language of the people involved.

The second book in this trilogy focuses on stalking and violence between the women and domestic violence between the baby mama and baby daddy. The third and final book describes conflicts between the unwed parents about child custody, including disputes over who the father is, and includes specific real-life examples of attempts by one parent to manipulate the court system to gain advantage over the other parent. It also presents actual cases of child abuse, abandonment, and neglect, often told in the unwed parents' own words.

The first book was released in December, 2014. Book two is projected for summer or fall, 2015, and book three in 2016.