Domestic violence allegations leave a tangled web

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'Gordon Smith was at the lowest point of his life three years ago. He was divorced, had multiple restraining orders — called an Order of Protection From Abuse in Delaware — against him and one felony and seven misdemeanor charges pending.

Then, his ex-wife leveled another accusation of domestic violence. This time, the Dover Police Department found that his court-ordered GPS ankle monitor put him miles away from his ex-wife at the time she said the violence occurred, he said.

After an investigation, the police swiftly cleared him of all eight charges and instead charged his ex-wife with three counts of falsely reporting an incident and one count of providing a false statement.
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Smith is part of a small but vocal group of men and women who say Orders of Protection From Abuse are being misused to unfairly sway divorce and child custody cases in Delaware Family Court, and give credibility to unsubstantiated or false allegations.

It's part of a national fathers' rights movement to reform child custody and spousal support laws and policies that are perceived as giving mothers an upper hand in Family Court. Their efforts have raised concerns from domestic violence advocates, who caution against letting rare stories of false allegations overshadow the more common struggle of women trying to escape violent relationships.'