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That's appalling. And may explain why many people seem to have great difficulty in believing that a lot of women are actualy beaten and abused - and indeed a lot of children (by either parent).
Not sure if it's the same here or not. Certainly family courts are not the same as main courts; but as far as I know if there is an accusation of violence or abuse then the judge would seek documentary evidence for that and would require some form of evaluation (of the father, of the child) and a risk assessment to decide whether access should be supervised.
I have no doubt that there are abuses of that system. However, I also know of cases where the father has done a bang up job of presenting himself as a reasonable and loving dad despite having previously kicked ten shades of shit out of his wife and shown little to no interest in the children during the previous years. I can imagine it must be deeply traumatic for a dad who loves his kids to have them withheld from him on the basis of a lie. I also know it must be just as traumatic to have no choice aout waving your children off to go spend a weekend with a man you know to be dangerous and violent.
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