Judges change rules on child contact with violent fathers

 

 

On 20 January The Guardian reported an announcement that some of the UK's most senior judges are taking steps to end the presumption that a father must have contact with a child where there is evidence of domestic abuse which would put the child or mother at risk.

The reforms will be introduced in family courts after a campaign by the charity Women’s Aid, which identified 19 children who had been killed in the last 10 years by their violent fathers after being given contact with them by judges.

The reforms include a demand from one of the most senior family court judges for all members of the judiciary to have further training on domestic violence and to act to ensure women and children are protected.

The changes were announced last week by Mr Justice Cobb.

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