Sydney WDVCAS is one of twenty-eight services across NSW, funded by Legal Aid NSW to assist women and children obtain the protection of appropriate domestic violence orders from local courts. It also ensures that women are provided with specialist advice, referrals and legal representation.
Susan once heard a woman describe how desperately fearful she felt about sending her small son to spend time with his father in accordance with Family Court orders ... [she said], ‘I am an adult, and for the past seven years I have unable to negotiate my own safety with my ex-partner, yet there is an expectation that my four-year-old son will be safe when he spends time with his father.’
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