Elizabeth Grace

DOMESTIC ABUSE VICTIM RACIALLY PROFILED BY SOCIAL SERVICES, CHILDREN GIVEN TO ABUSER AFTER MUM COMPLAINED. lgo.org.uk/decisions/chil… #racial #discrimination #injustice #abuse #prejudice @louisetickle @DrProudman @BarnettAdrienne @CommissionerDA @UN_Women @C4Dispatches @loosewomen

(1/5) 🚨 Children are being put at risk by decisions in the family court. National Victims Commissioner Claire Waxman OBE has issued a stark warning in The Times

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

Mothers responding to this survey were from South East of England 33.8%, Kent is the biggest County population wise, what is going on with Kent Social Services/Family Courts?! There are 19 local authorities in the South East region. Let’s focus & FOI Kent first! @SheraFamily

Action Against Child Removal: Survey Findings - Right to Equality righttoequality.org/action-against…

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

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…

Another brilliant piece by @nicole_wc '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…

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!! @SheraFamily @BBCNews #viral

High Court WIN: Cheated Dispossessed Unduly Influenced Domestic abuse survivor #economicabuse #fraud @DrEmmaKatz⁩ ⁦@CommissionerDA⁩ ⁦@SEAresource⁩ ⁦@coercivecontrol⁩ ⁦@BarnettAdrienne⁩ ⁦@ColmanCoyle⁩ ⁦@VictimsComm⁩ colmancoyle.com/news/cheated-d…

‼️Result for a victim-survivor of economic abuse & coercive control! Today’s HighCourt Judgement set a precedent! ⁩#fraud @SEAresource⁩ ⁦@DrProudman⁩ ⁦⁦@DrEmmaKatz⁩ ⁦⁦@VictimsComm⁩ ⁦@CommissionerDA⁩ ⁦@ColmanCoyle⁩ linkedin.com/posts/helenros…

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 supporting the child remaining with her, and no findings of alienation by the court-appointed expert. One Guardian. One opinion. Life-changing consequences. She described the Guardian cosying up to the father in court, putting her hand on his shoulder and overheard her offering him assurances there would be a change of residence. Over 12 months on, the child hasn’t so much as spoken to their mother. No contact. No conversation. Not even a phone call. This is more draconian than removal under a care order and flies in the face of the principal of parental involvement. Judges must stop rubber-stamping Guardian recommendations and scrutinise what’s behind the alienation narrative. #FamilyCourt #ParentalAlienation #JusticeForFamilies #ChildWelfare

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/…

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 a devastating reality for many mothers and children — and while safeguarding procedures exist on paper, in practice, no one is reporting or intervening where it matters most. This is not just injustice. It’s life and death. 🔗 tinyurl.com/2a2396es #FamilyCourtCrisis #ChildSafetyFirst #ParentalAlienation #PostSeparationAbuse #ProtectChildren #StopSilencingMothers #JusticeForChildren @MoJGovUK @SheraFamily @MyCafcass @NACCCofficial @RupertLowe10 @jessphillips @DrProudman @DrJessTaylor #justiceforSara @Number10press @itvnews @guardian

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

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

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

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 @UNSRVAW

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 law cases (like care proceedings), not private law (between parents). In private Family Court cases, like most cases between separated parents: Contact centres that are NACCC-accredited (often charities or private providers) are used. These centres charge parents, often £80–£120 per hour or more. Some mothers spend £50000 plus for supervised contact. Mothers are frequently told they must pay, even when they are protective and have reported abuse. ❗So why are mothers sent there? Because the Family Court: Treats the situation as a "contact dispute", not a safeguarding issue. Often minimises allegations of abuse, especially coercive control and CSA, unless there's already a criminal conviction or social services involvement. Requires supervised or supported contact as a “reintroduction,” even when the mother has not harmed the child— but the father's narrative dominates. In short, mothers are: Punished financially, by being made to pay for contact. Monitored, often in English only (even if that’s not their first language). Disempowered, by being treated as the risk — while the alleged abuser is not monitored in the same way. In Family Court, protective mothers who report abuse, coercion, or CSA are sent to expensive NACCC centres — often paying £100/hour — just to see their own children. Meanwhile, local authorities offer free contact in some cases, but not when it matters most. Why is the system punishing the protective parent? #FamilyCourtFail #NACCC #CoerciveControl #ProtectiveMothers #LitigationAbuse @SheraFamily @hansummers @louisetickle @RupertLowe10 @MoJGovUK @MyCafcass @NACCCofficial