Chilling account of Family Law Courts in Australia *Warning - distressing content*

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www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/19/i-believed-the-family-court-system-was-bias-against-fathers-then-i-found-the-rot-at-the-core-of-it?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR11gdRdMfMh3DGOarHgmHQS9RjHwB8X07NaqZezjDYWmnTv1ocFww9Ju80#Echobox=1568968247

Came across this in the Guardian - do we think things are any better in UK? (Sorry for long link not sure what's up with it but it seems to work):

"A couple of years ago a barrister, now a magistrate, told me she stayed in her controlling and abusive marriage for 10 years after she first wanted to leave. If her husband applied for custody, she knew it was highly likely he would be granted unsupervised access. “I stayed in that marriage to supervise him with my son.”

This certainly resonated with me .

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/19/i-believed-the-family-court-system-was-bias-against-fathers-then-i-found-the-rot-at-the-core-of-it?

Better link?

You may want to warn people about the contents TRIGGER ABUSE.

This popped up on my FB feed, it's a horrific read. I just don't know what to say about it.

So sorry @Booboostwo you are of course entirely right, let me see if MNHQ can edit

@MNHQ can you change title please?

Hi @DishingOutDone - we've now edited the title, as requested.

Hope that helps but do let us know if we can help further.

This is absolutely horrifying!

Thanks MNHQ. I started the thread as I wanted to discuss if things were better in the UK, but I think the article is so shocking its maybe counter-productive. Maybe "chat" wasn't the right subject to post in, but I wasn't going to put it in relationships as people therein are worried enough about having to split up as it is without this, albeit this is not about UK law. There must be a back story to the review as well, I wonder if any Aussie MNetters will come on and explain more?