Anais, hugs to you.

I've a friend who hasn't lived with his abusive parents since he was about 10? as he was taken away into a children's home and then lived with his aunt.

He still has to pay them money each month as "filial piety" or some lawyer will come after him because there's legislation for adult children to "maintain" parents. Or they call him and scream about how he should kill himself.

He lies about his family so as to "fit in" into "normal" society because people don't understand.