There are literally thousands of women who have a story about how custody was taken from them and given to their abusive partner because they had the nerve to accuse him of abuse, expecting to receive a just outcome in the courts. Parental Alienation Syndrome still rides high in the custody arena despite the originator of the theory, Richard Gardner, having been totally disgraced and his theory shown to be without any scientific basis. Gardner showed his true colors when he declared himself pro-pedophilia because it is "beneficial to the species - increasing the likelihood that a child's genes will be transmitted at an early age"! He also wrote: " women's physiology and conditioning makes them potentially masochistic rape victims who may gain pleasure from being beaten, bound and otherwise made to suffer, as the price they are willing to pay for gaining the gratification of receiving the sperm."
What a guy! And yet he is loved by the fatherhood supremacists and the women fearing judiciary. Add religious bigotry into the mix and hell - this poor woman doesn't stand a chance. Even if the psychs and evaluators support her, the PAS theory will accuse her of being in league with them and drawing them into her vindictive scheme to uses false allegations of abuse to undermine her spouse and keep the child to herself.
The Family Courts are totally messed up! This story is not at all unusual