You know, some years back it was recommended that I spend some of My free time in 'FAMILY COURT', since I was dealing with a volatile relationship at the time, where a child was involved. What I observed was fascinating.
The women involved would INVARIABLY cite the reasons that the male involved not be allowed to see the child / children as;
1. He Was (is) Violent.
2. He Was (is) Abusive.
3. He Was (is) An Alchoholic.
4. He Molested Him / Her / Them.
By far the majority of the time, these accusations were delivered in the exact same order by the parade of women marching through that Courtroom. After speaking with an attorney friend of Mine (please do not hold it against Me, he really is a good sort otherwise) who worked in that area, he simply laughed and informed Me that they were instructed by their (the women's) attorneys that if they made those accusations they stood the best chance of winning their case. That, and the last accusation guaranteed -with vanishingly few cases otherwise- that they would be awarded custody, since that particular accusation is almost impossible to disprove and the judge always deems it safer to award custody to the mother than take the chance otherwise.
After one particular session, the Courtroom recessed for lunch and I overheard a woman in the waiting area tell her attorney that she had fabricated all the statements she had just made to the Judge because she 'just wanted him outta there'. I initially assumed that this was one of the better attorneys who had not instructed thia woman in the normal method of presenting her case, and would take pains to correct an outright fabrication to the Judge. More the fool I.
The attorney merely informed her that she was not supposed to make misleading or incorrect statements in Court. Nothing else. She certainly did not make mention that she was obligated to inform the Judge of the truth of the matter, as per any oaths.
I went home in disgust.