While searching for the root causes of divorce, the study also shows that child abuse is also one of the major reasons of divorce. As per the research, mothers are responsible for 49% of all child abuse cases (with other relatives, strangers and fathers making up the other 51%). In family court, it’s found twice as many mothers make child abuse allegations against fathers as do fathers against mothers. In some cases, this child abuse goes to such an extreme limit, that mothers don’t have any alternative, but to go for divorce only to get rid of the abuse on her child. Unfortunately, the above facts are totally ignored by family courts as the normal standards of evidence required for common criminals do not apply.

In family court, child abuse allegations require no proof, no validation, no verification, no police reports, nor any other tangible evidence - the mere unsubstantiated allegation will do. Therefore, in family court, unsubstantiated tittle-tattle allegations of abuse are all it takes for a father to be “guilty,” along with all the consequences which go with that “guilty” verdict. From the onset, the father will be treated as though he were found guilty in a real court. Because the assumption of guilt is taken for granted by the majority of attorneys and judges in family court, the father will almost immediately be separated from his children - at least until he can “prove” his innocence.