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^I too don't support the idea of him being physically abusive due to no proof (difficult childhood does not automatically mean he beat her on a daily basis). My headcannon suggests that his treatment of Weiss is how she treated Ruby at the beginning. Can imagine a time where Weiss caused a Dust accident? And her father, after dealing with a WF incident, walks in and goes "What's wrong with you?! I don't have time to deal with your childish antics because I have issues that are more important than you. Go to your room and study and don't come or until I say so!" Having Mr. Schnee be similiar to how Weiss was in Vol 1 can show us how much Weiss has changed compared to him.

It wouldn't suprise me that Mrs. Schnee might play a part on Mr Schnee's attitude, but instead of dead let's have them divorced because we already have a dead mom and a missing mom. Let's do something different. With the WF constantly attacking the family and the company it possible that maybe Mrs Schnee reached her breaking point. She could've walked up to Mr Schnee and said "I can't do this anymore. I can't just smile and act like everything is okay while my life is being threatened every day. I'm done." Why she didn't take her daughters could be:

a) It's joint custody. Maybe Mr Schnee 'forbids' Weiss from seeing her because he's still hurt over her leaving him and doesn't want Weiss to follow in her footsteps.

b) As selfish as it is, Mrs Schnee didn't want anything to do with the Schnees after the divorce. Period.

If neither of those two then perhaps Mrs Schnee is one those self-absorbed moms that only care about how it  her wants and needs while always telling Weiss to "listen to your father because he knows what's best for you."