This, of course, is the type of separation to be wary of. These separations are also known as ''high-conflict separations'', and parents in elevated levels of conflict are estimated to make up between 5% and 20% of family law litigants, depending on which research you read. People in an angry separation have trouble letting go of their relationship, and feel intense pain and anger about both the relationship itself and its end. Their emotions are usually quite raw , as neither person will have done a great deal to manage their feelings.