The aim of this qualitative literature study is to highlight children’s vulnerability in high-conflict custody disputes with occurrence of violence. It is common in a high-conflict custody dispute for the conflict to dominate, leading one or both parents to lose focus on their responsibility to prioritize the child’s best interests. The child’s situation can become very difficult and prolonged conflicts increase the risk of the child developing physical and psychological issues. The empirical material consists of three autobiographies that depict mothers’ experiences of the parents parental abilities and their children’s vulnerability in a high-conflict custody dispute. The autobiographies were analyzed using thematic analysis resulting in three overarching themes: different conflicts and violence, the child adapts to the perpetrator of violence and the child's needs are neglected as a result of parental conflict. The results presented in the study indicate that the children in the autobiographies are living with a significant issue of violence which leads to negative impacts both psychologically and physically. The findings demonstrate considerable similarities with previous research while also highlighting the need for further investigation into the violence experienced by many children in custody disputes. The study contributes to an increased understanding of children’s vulnerability in high-conflict custody disputes with occurrence of violence and raises questions about how future social workers should operate to ensure they recognize a deficiency in parental abilities and the children’s suffering behind the parents’ conflict.