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MARAC Letter.

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Incognito4 · 23/10/2021 21:09

Long story short, fled domestic abuse and live in protection from my ex, he was having supervised contact in a contact centre until he didn't turn up twice and the contact centre have a clear rule of two strikes and you're out.
He sent a death threat to me via my former family home, it took me several days to report the hate mail to the police but I did, it immediately sparked a visit where they wanted me to make a formal statement. Upon reflection, I retracted the report as I was scared to draw attention to us and for it to lead him to where we are.
The police referred us onto Marac and I've since received a letter from Marac which has a police letterhead, it has been sent to the new contact centre we are about to start in, the court, my solicitor and cafcass and children services and it basically states I'm at significant risk of imminent harm if i continue to bring my daughter to contact.
What should I do as s result of this... I'm not sure where it leaves us in terms of the court order..
After this Marac referral, children's services also advised that whilst they can't tell me to stop contact, I do have the right to exercise judgement in order to safeguard myself and our daughter.
What should I do? I'm worried to breach the court order.

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DebbieHarrysCheekbones · 27/10/2021 10:14

In Family courts the balance of proof is not the same as criminal court.
Just because isn’t charged with something doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.
A family court judge would be very interested to hear what professional people thought of threats to kill and the police / children’s services involvement. That would include any evidence, assessments, police interviews, your statement.

The police are basically still way behind in terms of really dealing with domestic violence despite what might be said. Not enough perpetrators are prosecuted. Social services and other agencies are effectively mopping up this failure.

Notwithstanding this you must find it in yourself to be brave and work with the police and authorities. It is a daunting time but with behaviour like this you really have no choice. Your child needs to be kept safe. And so do you

Skeptadad · 31/10/2021 17:33

Can your Solicitor apply for an emergency hearing for you? That should only take a few days hopefully.

She likely keeps dropping allegations because she is a genuine victim and is scared.

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