Bring safe transparency and accountability to family courts.
Domestic violence and abuse allegations must be subject to a hearing before any decisions on contact or custody.
Child safety first — no automatic access where abuse is alleged or present.
Require specialist training on coercive control, trauma, and post-separation abuse.
National guidance to ensure safe, consistent handling of domestic abuse cases.
Mandatory accreditation, peer review, and clear assessment standards.
Ensure every Section 20 assessment follows domestic-violence-informed practice.

Our call for family law reform is led by mothers who have survived intimate partner violence and are determined to protect their children from further harm. We are pressing for a system that properly understands coercive control, respects women’s lived experience, and places child safety above outdated assumptions abou