Domestic Abuse: Family Courts
Commons · Question 18235 · Tabled 5 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by Helen Morgan
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the level of support available to domestic abuse victims and their children in the Family Court system.
Answer
Answered by Alex Davies-Jones, 10 Dec 2024
Family courts have various tools available to protect participants. Courts have the power to prohibit the cross-examination of domestic abuse survivors by their abusers. Victims of domestic abuse are automatically considered to be vulnerable when the cour...