We mentioned this many times before but UK and Cali are not comparable. For better or worse California judges insist very hard on joint custody, so much that they even try to mend relationships with very abusive parents (note, Loopy: Ioan is not one) and their kids, even if this particular one will get outlawed soon. If somebody will not have custody it will be Alice due to her DVRO, the assumption is against her having any custody, she will have to prove to the court that she has to have custody and when your sole argument is that you coerced your kids into trauma bonding with you it looks bad, I dont think this particular law even exists in the UK. Ioan will get custody, the question is just if it will be joint or sole (this is probably going to depend on the reports of GAL and evaluator). And obviously the question will be also how practicable is, but I suspect the court will stay involved until it is.