In 50% of cases, PAS was used to counter a sexual abuse allegation, in 25 - 50 % of cases to counter domestic violence allegations.

EXCERPT: "Sandra Berns' study 22 found that all thirty of the family law legal practitioners she interviewed in Brisbane had used PAS divorce proceedings. In 50% of cases, PAS was used to counter a sexual abuse allegation, in 25 - 50 % of cases to counter domestic violence allegations. The father was as likely to be alienating parent as the mother. There was no evidence that use of the syndrome in contested residence and contact cases was becoming less common.,"

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Achimovich, Lois. (2003). Parental Alienation Syndrome Revisited. Paper presented at the Child Sexual Abuse: Justice Response or Alternative Resolution Conference convened by the Australian Institute of Criminology and held in Adelaide, 1-2 May 2003.

http://www.leadershipcouncil.org/1/pas/2.html

Excerpts: from Reformulation of Parental Alienation section page 5