Comments on: Mothers protecting their children should not have to defy the courts http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2007/07/25/mothers-protecting-their-children-should-not-have-to-defy-the-courts/ Thoughts of Antonia, Labour activist and feminist in Oxford Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:30:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dan Factor http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2007/07/25/mothers-protecting-their-children-should-not-have-to-defy-the-courts/#comment-185040 Dan Factor Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:56:31 +0000 http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2007/07/25/mothers-protecting-their-children-should-not-have-to-defy-the-courts/#comment-185040 Sandra Horley pushes her usual "because some men beat their wives and children the law should regard all men as wife beaters and child abusers" mantra. Typical! Sandra Horley pushes her usual “because some men beat their wives and children the law should regard all men as wife beaters and child abusers” mantra.
Typical!

]]> By: Martyn Leman http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2007/07/25/mothers-protecting-their-children-should-not-have-to-defy-the-courts/#comment-179772 Martyn Leman Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:25:59 +0000 http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2007/07/25/mothers-protecting-their-children-should-not-have-to-defy-the-courts/#comment-179772 mmmm, read this and the article that it was responding to. The original article spoke about cases where mothers had, over extremely long periods of time denied their children access to their fathers. The judgements were indeed tough and custody was passed to the fathers, where it was shown that the father would allow the children reasonable access to their mothers. These judgements have nothing to do with domestic violence, however, the response from Refuge was to 'smear' the previous article with domestic violence statistics, I can only think to blur the issues of the original article. Undeniably, there are real and present problems with domestic violence and these need to be taken seriously, tackled vigerously and the perpetrators punished. However, to try and use domestic violence as a broad brush reason to deny children their dads is extremely devious. Domestic violence is clearly wrong, however mums stopping your children from seeing their fathers for no good reason, over protracted periods of time, is also wrong. I'm pleased the courts are waking up to it. mmmm, read this and the article that it was responding to. The original article spoke about cases where mothers had, over extremely long periods of time denied their children access to their fathers. The judgements were indeed tough and custody was passed to the fathers, where it was shown that the father would allow the children reasonable access to their mothers.

These judgements have nothing to do with domestic violence, however, the response from Refuge was to ’smear’ the previous article with domestic violence statistics, I can only think to blur the issues of the original article.

Undeniably, there are real and present problems with domestic violence and these need to be taken seriously, tackled vigerously and the perpetrators punished.

However, to try and use domestic violence as a broad brush reason to deny children their dads is extremely devious.

Domestic violence is clearly wrong, however mums stopping your children from seeing their fathers for no good reason, over protracted periods of time, is also wrong. I’m pleased the courts are waking up to it.

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