I would just like to add to this if I may.
Women can and are abusive, whether that is physically, mentally, and/or emotionally. The children a pawn in the chess game.
This was my mother to a capitol T. Since my father travelled a lot for his job, this made it easy for her to surround herself with individuals that sympathized with her, and some I will go so far and call them enablers. My mother filled my head with her version as she had primary custody.. I had no one or place to turn to. The school completely dismissed it. Friends and family as well dismissed it.
CPS did not recognize it, and their reports submitted to the Courts consisted of flat out lies. Even when I told CPS workers that the sequence of events were false, I was labeled as rebellious. The only recourse my father had was through the Courts. She purposely moved a distance away to limit time I would spend with my father, then went out of her way to sabotage those visits, either by making me feel guilty for going on them or through the use of "family events".
Even if she agreed to an extended visit, she would file a police report. LE is required to file a report thus there were alot of reports, and lots of documentation of what my mother said.
The LE reports don't always tell the true story.