Posted in 30 days but someone said to post here to encourage others.
Finally - after 7 long years - family court have finally seen my ex for the lying, manipulating, abusive POS that he is and have finally protected DC!
I cannot even begin to express how happy I am and how much weight has been lifted off me!
I’m looking forward to coming off my anti depressants and my DC finally being happy as they have been listened too at long last!
Not really much point to the post but I’m SO SO happy! 
Backstory-: I have NC quite a lot as to not out myself. But just to give you a positive feel, my DC is 6 (and another one but that may out me) Ex partner was abusive, prohibited steps and injunctions were around for the first 2 years.
Then he went for contact - given 3 hours each week, then 1 day every other weekend, then one overnight ever other week, then up to 2 nights every other weekend. Then he went for residency and lost. Then he was given 3 nights every other weekend and 1 overnight in the mid week. Then went for residency this time; spectacularly lost as he was too confident, didn’t follow court rules / procedures. Tired to manipulate the Cafcass officer and my DC guardians. He clapped, tutted, rolled his eyes, threw papers around in court, threw his chair, tried to attack me and finally walked out calling the judge a f**king spineless twat ......... I never thought I’d see the day when I didn’t have to deal with him and my children would be happy; but it does come; they do start listening to the children and they continue to look back at previous behaviour and broken promises; keep focused on you and the children - don’t let him overtake your mind, it’s hard (I’m on anti-depressants) but you will come out the other side - it just takes time for them to show their true colours as they are very good at faking stuff and being narcissistic.
I would post in relationships - wonder if I can just copy and post this across! Ha
If this gives Just 1 person the push / encouragement to keep going I’ll feel like something positive has come from this - not just for me and my children but for others too :-) 