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Hi
My partner is currently taking his ex to court to get weekend visits to his little girl, the court has said that he can have indirect contact with her based on cafcas judgement.
Cafcas has told him he has to pass a domestic abuse rehabilitation course for him to see his daughter.
He has told the courts that he was never violent to his ex. And his ex is lying.
The course will not let him take part if he denies that he is violent, but cafcas wont let him see his daughter unless he tells them he is violent.
What is he meant to do lie and say he is violent to do the course, so he can prove his rehabilitation, but they will then say he has lied in court ?
My partner is not a violent person and I cant see how it is right for cafcas to make a person say they are something there not or there not going to see their child ?
Can anyone give any advise?
Wow, I'm racking my brains thinking of advice here, and the best I can come up with is to wonder whether he could admit to abuse in the form of shouting at her? It's still abuse so might pass their criteria, but there's nothing physical. I still don't like it, but the ultimate aim is that he sees his girl.
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