A parent complained that some spouses will emotionally abuse their relationship partners in order to provoke an angry reaction which they can then use to obtain a restraining order.

A parent complained that some spouses will emotionally abuse their relationship partners in order to provoke an angry reaction which they can then use to obtain a restraining order.

Here is my response in the hope that it will help protect people from domestic violence and children from child abuse, and it will help victims of emotional abuse as part of a strategy to gain an illicit legal advantage, and their children:

I'm not an attorney and this is not legal advice.

Emotional abuse is also domestic violence.

What Is Domestic Violence?

Does your partner ever….

Insult, demean or embarrass you with put-downs?

Stop you from seeing your friends or family members?

Make all of the decisions without your input or consideration of your needs?

Tell you that you’re a bad parent or threaten to take away your children?

https://www.thehotline.org/is-this-abuse/

All victims have equal access:

"No person in the United States shall, on the basis of actual or perceived ...sex..be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity funded in whole or in part with funds made available under [VAWA]"

https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/ovw/legacy/2014/06/20/faqs-ngc-vawa.pdf

Domestic violence in the form of emotional abuse in front of the children is an act which can cause severe emotional harm, and may be child abuse:

Minimum standards for child abuse:

Federal law definitions of child abuse and neglect

Federal legislation provides guidance to States by identifying a minimum set of acts or behaviors that define child abuse and neglect. The Federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) (42 U.S.C.A. § 5106g), as amended by the CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010, defines child abuse and neglect as, at minimum:

"Any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker, which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or exploitation"; or

"An act or failure to act which presents an imminent risk of serious harm."

https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/can/defining/

See also:

Building Your Case: How to Document Abuse

https://www.thehotline.org/resources/building-your-case-how-to-document-abuse/

I wish you the best of luck in your search for justice.

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