Parental rights - is this an obvious two or is it more complex

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/22/family-courts-children-parents-public-inquiry

While on the surface this seems a sensible approach by the courts I do worry that this does allow some women to ensure a father loses contact with their children out of a sense of vengence. Whilst the vast majority of abuse claims will be clear cut I am sure that there will be cases where fathers will be denied rights and may find it hard to defend those rights as there will be not a right to the assumption of innocence in these cases. Could we effectively be punishing fathers by removing the right to see their children based on a judicial process that does not have bar of 'beyond reasonable doubt'?

I’d be more worried about men getting custody making women in coercive relationships appear inadequate.

No system is perfect, a very close friend only sees her children once a month because her violent and abusive ex was in a relationship with the childrens cafcass worker, so oddly enough her reports weren’t factual and him being found guilty of ABH against her was used against her to ‘prove’ she was spiteful and wanted to ruin his life. Despite her admitting ths after court and losing her job, my friend still has to wait a full 12 months before going back to court to change the order.

With any system there will always be a small number of people who are incorrectly punished, however I imagine the burden of proof for this is going to be very high and it will save a lot of children from continued abuse.

It makes sense then. I have though known fathers being prevented from seeing their children and it I is quite devastating. As long as there are safeguards to prevent malicious accusations and prevention of access to children being used as a punishment.