Disclosure of Domestic Violence in Family Law 2014

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* 1. DURING YOUR RELATIONSHIP (i.e before separation)
Domestic Violence takes many forms .. (tick every box that applied during your marriage/relationship - any violence occurring after separation is covered in a later question).

a. Physical Abuse (eg's pushing; shoving; hitting; choking; threats to harm or kill you/children/animals; biting; restraining; locking you up/out; driving dangerously..)

b. Sexual Abuse (eg's forcing you (rape); painful; refusing to stop; ignoring "no"; being unfaithful; making you watch porn ..)

c. Psychological and Emotional Abuse (eg's put downs; insulting you frequently; bullying; threats; battering with words; depriving you of sleep; falsely accusing; lying; keeping secrets; dangerous associates;

d. Verbal Abuse: (eg's yelling; swearing; accusing; blaming; ignoring; sulking ..)

e. Financial Abuse (eg's keeping money and resources from you; refusing to work or pay his share; excessive spending; controls your money ..)

f. Child Abuse (eg's violence or abuse in front of or directly to a child; neglect; harsh punishments; repeated threats ..)

g. Child Sexual Abuse (eg's inappropriate touching, fondling, penetration; oral sex, watching sexually explicit material; grooming ..)

h. Social/Isolation (eg's keeping you from friends/family/social life; embarrassing or lying to friends about you; controlling who you talk to ..)

I. Stalking/Cyber Abuse (eg's domination/fear based control; tracking devices; social media; drive-by's)

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* 2. When you physically separated from your ex partner, did the situation

escalate

change form (for worse)

stay the same

reduce

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* 3. CHILD ABUSE
If any of the below violence occurred by your children's father/step father, please tick all boxes according to when they actually occurred?

	Before Separation	After Separation	During Court process	After Final Court Orders
Mother - direct threat to be killed or harmed	Mother - direct threat to be killed or harmed Before Separation	Mother - direct threat to be killed or harmed After Separation	Mother - direct threat to be killed or harmed During Court process	Mother - direct threat to be killed or harmed After Final Court Orders
Child - direct threat to be killed or harmed	Child - direct threat to be killed or harmed Before Separation	Child - direct threat to be killed or harmed After Separation	Child - direct threat to be killed or harmed During Court process	Child - direct threat to be killed or harmed After Final Court Orders
Evidence/signs of child physical abuse	Evidence/signs of child physical abuse Before Separation	Evidence/signs of child physical abuse After Separation	Evidence/signs of child physical abuse During Court process	Evidence/signs of child physical abuse After Final Court Orders
Child disclosed sexual assault/grooming	Child disclosed sexual assault/grooming Before Separation	Child disclosed sexual assault/grooming After Separation	Child disclosed sexual assault/grooming During Court process	Child disclosed sexual assault/grooming After Final Court Orders
Child refuses to attend contact (crying at, prior to or after contact)	Child refuses to attend contact (crying at, prior to or after contact) Before Separation	Child refuses to attend contact (crying at, prior to or after contact) After Separation	Child refuses to attend contact (crying at, prior to or after contact) During Court process	Child refuses to attend contact (crying at, prior to or after contact) After Final Court Orders
Evidence/signs of mental/emotional abuse (alienation, denigrating mother, threaten harm, lies, harm to animals)	Evidence/signs of mental/emotional abuse (alienation, denigrating mother, threaten harm, lies, harm to animals) Before Separation	Evidence/signs of mental/emotional abuse (alienation, denigrating mother, threaten harm, lies, harm to animals) After Separation	Evidence/signs of mental/emotional abuse (alienation, denigrating mother, threaten harm, lies, harm to animals) During Court process	Evidence/signs of mental/emotional abuse (alienation, denigrating mother, threaten harm, lies, harm to animals) After Final Court Orders
Child PTSD (wetting bed, acting out, refusing to attend school, clingy, fear/anger of father at father, )	Child PTSD (wetting bed, acting out, refusing to attend school, clingy, fear/anger of father at father, ) Before Separation	Child PTSD (wetting bed, acting out, refusing to attend school, clingy, fear/anger of father at father, ) After Separation	Child PTSD (wetting bed, acting out, refusing to attend school, clingy, fear/anger of father at father, ) During Court process	Child PTSD (wetting bed, acting out, refusing to attend school, clingy, fear/anger of father at father, ) After Final Court Orders

Please add any additional information that does not fit in the above criteria

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* 4. STATE VIOLENCE PROTECTION ORDERS
Please tick the boxes below that fit your situation?

	Before Separation	After Separation	During Court process	After Final Court Orders
Police involvement/records	Police involvement/records Before Separation	Police involvement/records After Separation	Police involvement/records During Court process	Police involvement/records After Final Court Orders
Violence Protection Order/s was in place	Violence Protection Order/s was in place Before Separation	Violence Protection Order/s was in place After Separation	Violence Protection Order/s was in place During Court process	Violence Protection Order/s was in place After Final Court Orders
Violence Protection Order/s Breached by him	Violence Protection Order/s Breached by him Before Separation	Violence Protection Order/s Breached by him After Separation	Violence Protection Order/s Breached by him During Court process	Violence Protection Order/s Breached by him After Final Court Orders
Applied for Protection Order, but failed	Applied for Protection Order, but failed Before Separation	Applied for Protection Order, but failed After Separation	Applied for Protection Order, but failed During Court process	Applied for Protection Order, but failed After Final Court Orders
Violence Protection Order never applied for	Violence Protection Order never applied for Before Separation	Violence Protection Order never applied for After Separation	Violence Protection Order never applied for During Court process	Violence Protection Order never applied for After Final Court Orders

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* 5. When you referred to your experiences of domestic violence and/or child abuse allegations inside the family court arena, which judicial officer/s did you feel trivialised or ignored it in any way?

My lawyer

My barrister

Legal Aid

ICL (children's lawyer)

Judge/magistrate

Family court reporter

single court expert psychiatrist

Mediator

Counsellor

Other court staff

Other (please specify)

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* 6. FAMILY COURT ORDERS...
Were you pressured in any way to agree to your family court orders (including interim, consent or final orders), that did not (partly or fully) take into account your Domestic Violence and child abuse situation?

e.g. told you may lose your children, lose your funding or representation, that you will be labelled as "unfriendly parent" if you don't agree, or your concerns simply ignored .. etc?

Please "quote" ... what you were told?

[start a fresh line for each different "quote" ... and begin the quote with which officer said it to you (e.g. my lawyer; my barrister; Judge etc)]

P L E A S E DO NOT add any details other than the words said to you by the judicial officer/s. (more space is available)

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* 7. LEGAL AID FUNDING...
If you were granted or applied for a Legal Aid at any point, please "quote" below (what was said to you) if you experienced any pressure or threats of losing your Legal Aid Grant .. relating to minimising/ignoring your domestic violence or child abuse allegations?

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* 8. ALL OTHER JUDICIAL OFFICERS
Please "quote" below exactly (to the best of your memory, if not recorded), what was said to you when you felt your domestic violence or child abuse allegations were being minimised/ignored .. or you were pressured to let some or all of your DV experiences go?

[start a fresh line for each different "quote" ... and begin the quote with which officer said it to you (e.g. my lawyer; my barrister; court expert witness; Judge etc)]

P L E A S E DO NOT add any details other than the words said to you by the judicial officer/s. (more space is available)

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* 9. EXTRA SPACE FOR "QUOTES"
If you have run out of room to write your quotes in Question 4 or 5, use this space below.

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* 10. Please tick the appropriate boxes in each column to indicate how yours and your child's experience of domestic violence at these 4 stages has changed?

(Note: your answers in column 1 "Before Separation" should be the same as your answers in Question 1 of this survey).

	Before Separation	After Separation	During Court process	After Final Court Orders
a. Physical Abuse	a. Physical Abuse Before Separation	a. Physical Abuse After Separation	a. Physical Abuse During Court process	a. Physical Abuse After Final Court Orders
b. Sexual Abuse	b. Sexual Abuse Before Separation	b. Sexual Abuse After Separation	b. Sexual Abuse During Court process	b. Sexual Abuse After Final Court Orders
c. Emot/Psych Abuse	c. Emot/Psych Abuse Before Separation	c. Emot/Psych Abuse After Separation	c. Emot/Psych Abuse During Court process	c. Emot/Psych Abuse After Final Court Orders
d. Verbal Abuse	d. Verbal Abuse Before Separation	d. Verbal Abuse After Separation	d. Verbal Abuse During Court process	d. Verbal Abuse After Final Court Orders
e. Financial Abuse	e. Financial Abuse Before Separation	e. Financial Abuse After Separation	e. Financial Abuse During Court process	e. Financial Abuse After Final Court Orders
f. Child abuse	f. Child abuse Before Separation	f. Child abuse After Separation	f. Child abuse During Court process	f. Child abuse After Final Court Orders
g. Child sexual abuse	g. Child sexual abuse Before Separation	g. Child sexual abuse After Separation	g. Child sexual abuse During Court process	g. Child sexual abuse After Final Court Orders
h. Isolation/social Abuse	h. Isolation/social Abuse Before Separation	h. Isolation/social Abuse After Separation	h. Isolation/social Abuse During Court process	h. Isolation/social Abuse After Final Court Orders
I. Stalking/Cyber Abuse	I. Stalking/Cyber Abuse Before Separation	I. Stalking/Cyber Abuse After Separation	I. Stalking/Cyber Abuse During Court process	I. Stalking/Cyber Abuse After Final Court Orders
N/A	N/A Before Separation	N/A After Separation	N/A During Court process	N/A After Final Court Orders

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* 1. DURING YOUR RELATIONSHIP (i.e before separation)Domestic Violence takes many forms .. (tick every box that applied during your marriage/relationship - any violence occurring after separation is covered in a later question).

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* 2. When you physically separated from your ex partner, did the situation

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* 3. CHILD ABUSEIf any of the below violence occurred by your children's father/step father, please tick all boxes according to when they actually occurred?

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* 4. STATE VIOLENCE PROTECTION ORDERSPlease tick the boxes below that fit your situation?

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* 5. When you referred to your experiences of domestic violence and/or child abuse allegations inside the family court arena, which judicial officer/s did you feel trivialised or ignored it in any way?

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* 7. LEGAL AID FUNDING...If you were granted or applied for a Legal Aid at any point, please "quote" below (what was said to you) if you experienced any pressure or threats of losing your Legal Aid Grant .. relating to minimising/ignoring your domestic violence or child abuse allegations?

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* 9. EXTRA SPACE FOR "QUOTES"If you have run out of room to write your quotes in Question 4 or 5, use this space below.

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* 10. Please tick the appropriate boxes in each column to indicate how yours and your child's experience of domestic violence at these 4 stages has changed?(Note: your answers in column 1 "Before Separation" should be the same as your answers in Question 1 of this survey).

* 1. DURING YOUR RELATIONSHIP (i.e before separation)
Domestic Violence takes many forms .. (tick every box that applied during your marriage/relationship - any violence occurring after separation is covered in a later question).

* 3. CHILD ABUSE
If any of the below violence occurred by your children's father/step father, please tick all boxes according to when they actually occurred?

* 4. STATE VIOLENCE PROTECTION ORDERS
Please tick the boxes below that fit your situation?

* 7. LEGAL AID FUNDING...
If you were granted or applied for a Legal Aid at any point, please "quote" below (what was said to you) if you experienced any pressure or threats of losing your Legal Aid Grant .. relating to minimising/ignoring your domestic violence or child abuse allegations?

* 9. EXTRA SPACE FOR "QUOTES"
If you have run out of room to write your quotes in Question 4 or 5, use this space below.

* 10. Please tick the appropriate boxes in each column to indicate how yours and your child's experience of domestic violence at these 4 stages has changed?

(Note: your answers in column 1 "Before Separation" should be the same as your answers in Question 1 of this survey).