I can't tell you the rate in Canada or anywhere else, but of course it happens. I'm sure it's a minority of cases because most divorces are settled by the parents outside the court system. I know that's true in America, and I assume it's true in Canada. Perhaps 90% are decided by the parents maybe after consulting an attorney without going to court and without filing charges.
Clearly, domestic violence is a problem, but I can't tell you the rate of allegations of it. I do know that in Arizona there was a perception of a slight increase in rates of allegations of domestic violence and substance abuse and child abuse, but a very small indication, which we took as a good sign, in that our presumption of equal parenting time didn't suppress allegations of those things. If anything, there was a slight increase. From the data and the actual evidence I have, our judges, our attorneys statewide, mental health professionals and our conciliation court staff didn't see any evidence that the equal parenting laws suppressed those kinds of allegations.