The failure to recognise continuing harm : post--separation domestic abuse in child contact cases
Walsh, Kieran
The failure to recognise continuing harm : post--separation domestic abuse in child contact cases Kieran Walsh - Sage, 2025 - Violence Against Women .
Violence Against Women, 2025, 31(8), 1816-1837
This article presents findings from a case file review of post-separation parenting cases in England and Wales. It first outlines that jurisdiction's legal framework relevant to these cases, before providing an overview of the findings relating to the profile of the cases and their outcomes. It then describes the types of abuse most frequently encountered in these cases, and examines the attitude of the courts to post-separation abuse by looking at both interim and final court orders. The study finds that key legal provisions governing these cases are not being followed, with little understanding shown for the nature of post-separation abuse. (Authors' abstract). Record #9232
ATTITUDES
CHILD EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE
CONTACT (ACCESS)
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
FAMILY LAW
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
SEPARATION
TAMARIKI
TŪKINOTANGA Ā-WHĀNAU
TURE WHĀNAU
INTERNATIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM
The failure to recognise continuing harm : post--separation domestic abuse in child contact cases Kieran Walsh - Sage, 2025 - Violence Against Women .
Violence Against Women, 2025, 31(8), 1816-1837
This article presents findings from a case file review of post-separation parenting cases in England and Wales. It first outlines that jurisdiction's legal framework relevant to these cases, before providing an overview of the findings relating to the profile of the cases and their outcomes. It then describes the types of abuse most frequently encountered in these cases, and examines the attitude of the courts to post-separation abuse by looking at both interim and final court orders. The study finds that key legal provisions governing these cases are not being followed, with little understanding shown for the nature of post-separation abuse. (Authors' abstract). Record #9232
ATTITUDES
CHILD EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE
CONTACT (ACCESS)
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
FAMILY LAW
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
SEPARATION
TAMARIKI
TŪKINOTANGA Ā-WHĀNAU
TURE WHĀNAU
INTERNATIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM