Hey hun, so sorry you're going through all of this. I've experienced similar; ex abused me psychologically and physically for almost 2 years and on one occasion I used self-defence as I was terrified; he took a photo of the mark I left on him and used this in court. Judge decided our 'relationship w...

Have you thought about homeless housing accomodation? They tend to take people aged 16-21 in, will provided them a flat with a roommate, there will be practical support for them such as finances, looking for education and emotional support. It would get her on her feet if she uses the opportunity co...

Not at all. I'll give a small example; the guardian from Cafcass told the judge that she had been to all the monthly review meetings and this ended up in the judgement. Two issues with this; 1) I don't recall her saying this on the witness stand, so did she communicate with the judge after the heari...

Hi Suzie, sorry I just read "they would want to undertake a pre-birth assessment under the pre proceedings stage of the Public Law Outline. " and I'm a bit stunned - they never did this when I was expecting my son, there wasn't even a birth plan in place when he was born which caused utter...

I've been told that my having a child 'one day' 'remains an attainable goal'. Yet both my children were removed from my care, so I can only assume that this 'attainable goal' is referring to future children that I do not yet have? However, I am not in a relationship; I left my abusive husband 2 year...

Social worker herself said that none of the findings made in my daughters case applied to my son who was born after. My son should have been returned to me and I begged for any order possible to allow him to come home. I’ve made so many changes and judge concluded that me having a family one day “re...

I've just realised the judge made no such comment about us being 'as bad as each other' nor have he made a findings to say thats the case! It was the social worker who tried claiming that i need to take responsibility for the abuse that took place and the judge was just repeating her point of few in...

She's called me "manipulative", told me i "don't take responsibility" for things, told me i "lack empathy" all sorts of horrific things to say to a grieving parent. She's even told me that I was "as bad as" my ex regarding abuse. But the judge has not made any...

I asked SW what i can do/need to do to have a child in my care one day. SW said 'nothing' then told me i've been through 'a lot of emotional trauma' and i 'need counselling'. She then said 'time' needs to pass and i need to 'mature'. Also spoke to a barrister who said SW shouldn't be claiming 'mutua...

I keep reflecting on my childhood, and trying to break down the barriers I put up to protect myself. To begin with, I actually think my mam may have been abusive - and this is really hard for me to even think about. The thing is, she never physically hurt me and I always thought that DA was purely a...