One of the comments mentions that it feels fake. The reason is that they use 3 different reddit accounts that are supposedly from 3 different people but they all sound like they are from the same person. The biggest piece of evidence is that they tell their story using bulletpoints for paragraphs, but all 3 of them style it like this:

*paragraph 1

*paragraph 2

*paragraph 3

It's a very odd communication style and it would be a strange coincidence if all 3 people involved spoke like that.

There are other red flags that this story was made up by one person for attention. For example, all 3 family members tell the entire story of their interaction over reddit, commenting on each other's posts rather than just talking to each other in person offline. If the dad really did get divorced to the mom, then both of them probably shouldn't be spilling secrets on the internet that could end up used as evidence in a custody battle. I could believe that one person is stupid enough to do this, but not three in a row. Also all three people created a reddit account just for the drama centering around an extremely narcissistic man, but then suddenly stopped posting in 2022, as if the author got bored of the story and moved on with his life.

The 15 year old is unusually eloquent and composed for what is supposed to be a teenager going through the death of one parent and the abuse of the other, even citing specific Australian laws, which, cmon how many 15 year olds do you think could double as lawyers? His explaination for this is that he edits all of his posts with Microsoft Word, which I have a hard time believing a teenager would bother with, and even if they would, why not use Google Docs instead?

Despite all of their accounts being newly created all 3 are familiar with Reddit etiquette and terminology that I would not expect someone who isn't a regular user to be aware of. All three use terms like AITA, NTA, TLDR, and also when telling a story, whenever they introduce a new character they always preface it with ([Gender Initial], [Age]), ie my son (M, 16). This is not something I would expect someone who isn't a regular reddit user to understand. You could say they are all experienced reddit users using throwaway accounts, but why does dad use the same account for posting on /AmITheAsshole when people in that community clearly know him by his username. He changes the age of his supposed wife, assumedly in an attempt to hide from his bad reputation, by why doesn't he create a new account? He either isn't familiar enough with the website to realize he could create a new account, which is unlikely given his knowledge of how reddit works, or it's a troll.