Domestic Abuse: Family Proceedings
Commons · Question 127202 · Tabled 14 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 22 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Rupert Lowe
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to Answer of 5 January 2026 to Question 101253, in which categories of private-law children cases Cafcass or the family courts apply a domestic-abuse-first assessment as the initial step in their safegua
Answer
Answered by Alex Davies-Jones, 22 Apr 2026
Practice Direction 12J (PD12J) sets out what the court should do in any case in which domestic abuse is alleged or admitted or there is other reason to believe that a child or party has experienced abuse perpetrated by another party or that there is a ris...