Narcissistic & Legal Abuse

A narcissist doesn’t walk into family court seeking justice. They walk in seeking control.

For them, the courtroom isn’t about truth or fairness it’s about power. It becomes their stage, their weapon, their theatre of cruelty. And if you have children together, they will not hesitate to use them as pawns in their performance.
I have a friend who is now facing her 32nd court hearing in six years. Thirty-two!! That’s not “justice.” That’s legal abuse. That’s a system being hijacked by someone who knows exactly how to manipulate it to keep their victim trapped.

This isn’t about protecting the children. This is about weaponising them. Turning them into bargaining chips, pawns in a sick game designed to break the other parent emotionally, financially, and psychologically.
And the cost? Not just thousands of pounds or endless legal battles. The cost is childhoods stolen by conflict, years of peace stripped away, and a parent drained of everything they’ve fought so hard to hold onto.

Family court was designed to protect families, but in the hands of a narcissist it becomes a playground of destruction. It’s time we start calling this what it is: abuse, dressed up in legal robes.

We need reform. We need accountability. We need to expose legal abuse for what it is, another weapon of coercive control. If this resonates with you, share it. The more we speak up, the harder it becomes for this cycle to stay hidden.