22/10/2025
This is HUGE for families and children who have been victims of domestic abuse.
🤔What does that mean?
There will no longer be a legal presumption in the family courts that it's safe and better for a child to have access to both their parents.
🙌🏽HISTORIC CAMPAIGN WIN🙌🏽
👩🏻⚖️ After a decade-long campaign, today the government has decided to repeal the legal presumption of parental contact.
This is a HUGE move for child victims of domestic abuse, who for too many years have been failed and silenced by the systems supposed to protect them.
🤔What does that mean?
There will no longer be a legal presumption in the family courts that it's safe and better for a child to have access to both their parents.
🤔Why is it important?
Presumption costs lives. 19 more children have been killed by an abusive parent in the last decade, as a result of unsafe child contact arrangements.
🤔What next?
The repeal will need to be made through legislation in the coming months. It is one step towards protecting more children, but we're calling for a whole-system approach to prioritise children’s voices in the courts, and beyond.
🩷A huge thank you to our survivor Ambassador Claire Throssell and countless other survivors, who's courage and determination have helped lead this campaign.
