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My wife filed false complaints to the police about my alleged violence, as part of her divorce strategy. As a result I was held in custody, kept out of our home and away from our children, and incurred various expenses. Can I stop her from repeating this trick?

You cannot take her right to file further complaints against you, even if they are false or unjustified, but you can take an advantage of a mechanism in the 1991 Prevention of Violence Within the Family Act allowing you to seek financial compensation from her...