When women raise claims of abuse in the family courts, the judge will often appoint an expert to carry out an assessment and write a report to help guide their decision on contact or custody. That expert holds a tremendous amount of power; they can be a lawyer, a social worker or a mental health professional, and they become the eyes and ears of the court.
Read moreClaiming Abuse in The Family Court? The Parental Alienation Counterclaim : How to Prevent & Deny
If you claim, in the civil Family Court, that your child is resisting contact due to Domestic Abuse or Child Abuse, then there is a risk that you will not be successful, if the abuser counterclaims with Parental Alienation.
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