Power and Control in the Legal Syste From Marriage/Relationship to Divorce and Custody

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The ways in which abuse that occurred during marriage/relationship continued within divorce and custody-related legal proceedings.  Identified:

child support litigation, custody and visitation battles, intimidation/harassment, deliberately prolonging the case, manipulating finances, and distortions of information as methods by which their exes sought to maintain power and control. 

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