This article highlights some recurring areas of abuse in this age of uncivil litigation, and suggests ways of dealing with them. False Allegations of Sexual Abuse.
Nothing is more serious than a false allegation against a parent of sexually abusing a child.
If your client is the accuser, you should insist on an immediate and thorough investigation, including interviews of physicians and psychiatrists, and document to the fullest extent possible the absence of a phony claim. In addition, the sexual abuse of a child is a crime, and should be reported. If your client is the accuser and is unwilling to report the crime as such, and further refuses to permit you to report the crime, an ethical problem arises, which may force you to move to be relieved as counsel. If your client is the accused and denies the allegations credibly, you must marshal every available scrap of evidence to support the denial. Lie detector tests are a possibility.