Who needs divorce lawyers?

Why you can't go through the divorce without spending a small fortune on services of a divorce lawyer?
In case of the great majority of couples who live in a separation, and when the time comes, want to part their ways, its' really simple. Especially, if both of them have little more, except debts.
Why engage a divorce attorney, and pay often hundreds of dollarss per hour, in order to divide the property that doesn't exist?

Surely, when children come into the equation, and the parting seems to be a bit acrimonious, a neutral person of authority should be involved, to protect rights of both parties, and in particular, the children.
But, this could be done by a government-sponsored social service agency, where you pay just a nominal fee, or nothing if you're broke.

Hey, all the lawyers out there! What's so precious about what you're able to do to those people who no longer need each other?
Observing from the sidelines, it seems that when each party retains their own lawyers, the result is always... a draw Exactly the same, as where the husband and wife, soon not to be, have started.
Less a few thousands of smackers!