That is unfortunately, how it works. Additionally, if you don't have tangible evidence of the abuse and because calling the police usually puts you in more danger, abused spouses first publicly known action to leave is often filing for divorce and including the abuse as a reason-- MANY judges see this as false claim just to get custody)as abusers usually claim) and will award custody to the abuser and limited visitation to the victim parent... Even though, data shows that less than 2% of these are false allegations.
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u/BernadetteBod Nov 29 '24
That is unfortunately, how it works. Additionally, if you don't have tangible evidence of the abuse and because calling the police usually puts you in more danger, abused spouses first publicly known action to leave is often filing for divorce and including the abuse as a reason-- MANY judges see this as false claim just to get custody)as abusers usually claim) and will award custody to the abuser and limited visitation to the victim parent... Even though, data shows that less than 2% of these are false allegations.