Family Court Trauma - Part 2

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11/09/23 • 56 min

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This is Part 2. We highly recommend you listen to Part 1 first.
When we partner and have children, no one imagines they will end up in family court fighting to access those children or keep them safe from a person once trusted. What is it like to deal with the family court in Australia?
Guided by the host, Beth Armstrong, the guests share their stories of how they came to be at Family Court, their experience and how it has impacted their families and lives. Speaking anonymously, they give their views on what needs to change and offer advice for others embarking on the process.
* Content warning for discussion of coercive control, domestic violence, suicidality and child abuse. If you need help, please call Lifeline or Beyond Blue

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Family Court Trauma - Part 1

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When we partner and have children, no one imagines they will end up in family court fighting to access those children or keep them safe from a person once trusted. What is it like to deal with the family court in Australia?
Guided by the host, Beth Armstrong, three guests share their stories of how they came to be at Family Court, their experience and how it has impacted their families and lives. Speaking anonymously, they give their views on what needs to change and offer advice for others embarking on the process.
Please note this episode is a little unusual in that the first part is the story of one woman who had to purge her story; the other two stories and discussion are in Part 2.
* Content warning for discussion of coercive control, domestic violence, suicidality and child abuse. If you need help, please call Lifeline or Beyond Blue
For an in-depth ABC article on this subject, please read "False Witness" by Heidi Davoren for Background Briefing:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-19/family-court-report-writer-recording-expert-witness-ahpra/102185414?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link
And a podcast link:
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/backgroundbriefing/false-witness/102485342

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We leave school with plans to study or work and an idea of how life might unfold, but as the saying goes: "Life is what happens when we're busy making other plans." Some people want to change course or expand, returning to study at a later age. Is it ever too late to start again? Tonight's club is Mature Age Students.
Beth Armstrong guides a conversation between three generous, articulate and thoughtful women who speak anonymously about how and why they came to study in mid-life and beyond, their fears, experiences, and discoveries.