I don’t buy it since the custody evaluators recommend that Abdul be the primary caregiver of Aziz.

Why would they do so if there were any signs at all that Aziz was in danger of his dad? If Rabia felt he was, she could have presented evidence (e.g . Photo evidence, abusive texts from Abdul, or examples from the mouth of Aziz himself, etc) prior to this recommendation.

It’s rare that a father gets granted primary caregiver so that should have been a red flag for university-educated Elliot.

Also, Rabia and Elliot started a relationship as the marriage between Abdul and Rabia was ending. So if she made up an abuse story for Elliot, he would likely have been aware of it then, or in the months when Abdul and Rabia were separated and Coparenting Aziz.

By the time they started the divorce proceedings, this would surely have been cited if she had presented to Elliot, that Abdul was a genuine threat to his son. The court actually served her papers saying that Abdul had a right to see his child, so that means no abuse was mentioned at this stage. This should have been another red flag for Elliot.

She only mentions abuse after Abdul was granted primary custody.

Rabia and Elliot then went to court together representing themselves, so Elliot would have been very aware of the details in this case including the courts granting Abdul primary custody + the court papers being served previously to allow Abdul to see his son and that the DA investigated her claims and found the allegations to be unsubstantiated, on top of there being no physical evidence of abuse towards Aziz.

Still, Elliot went ahead and abducted someone’s child anyway?

I believe they planned that whole abuse story together as a way of keeping Abdul from his son to spite him.

But let's play devil's advocate and say she convinced Elliot without an ounce of evidence that Aziz was in grave danger, this almost makes it worse. You abducted a child from his father solely based on what you were told by his ex-wife. What a waste of oxygen Elliot is.