"Divorce Revenge"
In some extreme causes of divorce, parents might seek revenge on each other (or causer of separation) and do an extreme action to harm either the child or the opposite gender parent. Extreme cases include suicide, murder, and kidnapping. Most often the child is harmed.
See also:
- Divorce Related Malicious Mother Syndrome
- Medea Complex
Read more about this topic: Implacable Hostility
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