Edited sentence: Allegations of domestic violence are frequent in post-divorce/separation situations (see article in Nuance Journal of Family Studies).Following his dismissal of a protective order, a woman's husband arrived at her place of work, doused her with gasoline, and set her on fire, causing serious burns.He retired and thus avoided punishment.In Australia, mandated allocation of family resources in court-supervised separation shifts automatically from 50:50 to 80:20 in favour of the alleged victim if there is any allegation of abuse.In Maryland, a judge was under investigation for his conduct in a domestic violence case.It is sometimes claimed that "less than 2% of reported domestic violence allegations are proved false".Many Men and Father's Rights advocates observe the use of false accusations of domestic violence in the context of divorce and child custody proceedings as re-inventing the type of hostile litigations and accusations that were intended to be eliminated by no fault divorce legislation.On the other hand, not taking allegations seriously can lead to further violence, and can also be judicial misconduct.The consequences of such allegations can be serious for the alleged perpetrator since occupation of the home and custody of the children may be at stake.Thomas Kasper writes in the Illinois Bar Journal that domestic violence measures funded by VAWA readily “become part of the gamesmanship of divorce.Yvette Cade Seeks Justice Against Judge Palumbo.” Phyllis Schlafly notes in her September 2006 column "Laughing at Restraining Orders" that the  domestic violence injunction issued on David Letterman for sending subliminal messages to a woman 2000 miles away that he had never met, demonstrates the claim by Men's Rights advocates that many domestic violence injunctions do not even involve any actual physical violence, but are instead absurd exaggerations or fabrications