Social services can provide contact for free Local authorities (social services) often facilitate supervised or supported contact at no cost — but only when the child is under a care order, or when social services are formally involved in the case. This usually happens in public

Salem witch trials accepted dreams/visions as proof of a woman’s guilt, parallel @cafcass use opinion, conjecture & hearsay that a mother trying to protect children & herself from abuse is guilty of parental alienation & punished by removal of her children to the abuser Reem Alsalem UNSR Violence Against Women and Girls

A Mum said Cafcass coerced her to set aside evidence of ‘abuse (DA) under threat of her gillick comp’ teen’ being transferred to the perp’, mum complied, Cafcass & Dad cited parental alienation, no DA fact find, PD12J ignored, they’re pushing for teen’ to live with perp’ #help

Survivors shouldn’t have to choose between telling the truth or keeping their children. That’s not legal advice. That’s coercion with a professional face. #LegalReform #EndLegalCoercion

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19 children murdered after unsafe contact arrangements. The system is failing. 'Parental alienation' is being weaponised to silence protective mothers — while family courts continue to prioritise a 'pro-contact culture' over child safety. Coercion and post-separation abuse are

DR. BANDY LEE PUBLISHES IMPORTANT BOOKS ON FAMILY COURT VIOLENCE familycourtviolence.substack.com/p/dr-bandy-lee…

I’ve just had a really disturbing conversation with a mother who has been kept from her child for over 12 months following a change of residence. In private law proceedings, her child was removed after a second Guardian claimed she was ‘alienating’, despite the first Guardian

As we await the release of the review into the resumption of parental contact, a 🧵10 key findings in #familycourt studies over the 5 year waiting period 1. half of children are not heard in these cases portal.lancaster.ac.uk/intranet/news/…

‼️Result for a victim-survivor of economic abuse & coercive control! Today’s HighCourt Judgement set a precedent! ⁩#fraud Surviving Economic Abuse⁩ ⁦Dr Charlotte Proudman⁩ ⁦⁦Dr Emma Katz⁩ ⁦⁦Victims' Commissioner for England & Wales⁩ ⁦Dame Nicole Jacobs⁩ ⁦Colman Coyle⁩ linkedin.com/posts/helenros…

High Court WIN: Cheated Dispossessed Unduly Influenced Domestic abuse survivor #economicabuse #fraud Dr Emma Katz⁩ ⁦Dame Nicole Jacobs⁩ ⁦Surviving Economic Abuse⁩ ⁦Dr. Christine Marie Cocchiola⁩ ⁦Dr Adrienne Barnett⁩ ⁦Colman Coyle⁩ ⁦Victims' Commissioner for England & Wales⁩ colmancoyle.com/news/cheated-d…

TIE ME TO A LAMP POST, PUNISH A PROTECTIVE MOTHER WITH 40 LASHES IN A PUBLIC HEARING: TO PROTECT MY CHILDREN FROM FAMILY COURT & PERPETRATOR INUCED TRAUMA. Set the date,time,location & this mum WILL be there for public flogging to save her children!! SHERA Research Group: Health Law Rights Support © BBC News (UK) #viral

Another brilliant piece by Nicole Wootton-Cane 'Sarah was a single mother fighting to keep her daughter safe when her abusive ex took her to family court. She told Nicole Wootton-Cane she felt ‘too poor’ to protect her child' #familycourt independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

OHCHR | Call for input to the report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls to the 62nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council on Violence against mothers ohchr.org/en/calls-for-i…

I was honoured to host an event today which heard about these findings. It’s clear that private law proceedings are creating terrible injustice when it comes to child removal.

1 in 5 UK children experience #DomesticAbuse but too many children lack support. Today we launch: 📢Update on our 5-year #REACHplan to support child victims 📢 Pilot RCT results for Bounce Back 4 Kids & WeMatter Early findings: foundations.org.uk/our-work/publi… #VAWG

Familicide – please upload your experience of family courts here so your voice can be added emmacoaching.co.uk/familicide/