Had a court hearing to extend a non molestation order for the duration of children's proceedings. It was listed as an urgent hearing as the nmo is up for expiration.
My ex didnt turn up.. He did however, send a 10 page statement stating how much of a liar I am, that I'm not scared of him and that I've made up the domestic abuse. Despite DD and I having to flee under a section 47 raised by the local authority..
The judge that presided over this hearing was a female judge. I presented accounts of incidents that I chose to rely on including silent phone calls which I've reported to the police. Harassment and vandalism of my parents property. Indirect death threats, and most recently an assault on me by who I believe was an assailant of his. He denied everything in his statement but was not there to present his opposition to the extension.
The judge opened the hearing by saying she's in an extremely difficult position as there is the lack of evidential link to my ex with these incidents, however she's been left deeply disturbed and troubled by what she has read that has happened in my life recently. She was pleased to hear that I hadn't stopped contact as a result of these incidents and that I was continuing to take our child.
In the closing judgement she said she felt the non molestation order wasn't enough to protect me, however she lacked the jurisdiction to grant any other order.
She extended the order for a further 6 months, however she's asked for a return hearing to be listed in front of our original judge who has taken an intense dislike to me and made me 50% responsible for the domestic abuse.
I feel sad because this female judge addressed me directly and said that she hopes I understand that this doesn't mean she discounts what I'm saying and she apologised to me for all of the distress that had happened recently in my life.
I just feel sad because she believed me but there's no evidence to actually prove my ex did any of these things.
I feel sad because he gets away with everything.
I feel sad because I'm one step closer to losing my daughter to him and him getting unsupervised contact.
I've promised myself that I need to find ways to deal with these things, but today I'm just feeling a bit sad and dejected.