children witness abuse

slughead10

slughead10

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how do you show abuse in court if it was only witnessed by children? Spouse claims abuse but children saw what happened how does this play out in court?
 
i have the children and am worried about losing them over false allegations. children saw what happened no police involvement or anything does it matter or is it best to let spouse make allegations and not answer them?
 
"I have the children" means what?? Full custody, shared? WTF are you doing abusing or being abused by your ex in front of your children anyway.

Protect your children at all costs from this type of behavior. Do not involve them about who did what to whom.

It seems like you want to have your children rat the other parent out about abuse. If so, shame on you.
 
i have temporary custody after removing them from the abuse now its time for court but dont have a clue how it works but sounds like this is not the place to get it .
 
You can get some great advice here..you just have to be the strong one. As for showing abuse seen by children, you get them, you can get a Childrens lawyer involved. Do the right thing
 
You cannot ask your children to be a witness. That will only traumatize them further.

Many women's shelters have programs for children who have witnessed abuse. You can contact them for advice, but beware that CAS will likely be involved. If you have nothing to hide, then it's a good way to get your kids help.

From my own experience, not getting the police involved meant that nobody believed me. at least nobody at court. Doesn't mean that will be the case for your spouse though. Take precautions when dealing with such a person, carry a recording device and make sure you record EVERY conversation. If you are innocent it takes a LOT more evidence to prove it. This is NOT criminal court
 
Oh no,,that is not what I am saying. Maybe I misunderstood you. If the children have seen something, and I have been through this before, the children can be spoken to by CS, etc very casually to find out what they saw. They are NEVER in a courtroom. And that is very true..this is not criminal court, but you need to document everything
 
Ohhh,,okay!! Sorry about that..I just noted that because I have a friend who went through this, her kids were 5 and 7 at the time and they had a CS rep come to the house and speak with the children...this is a mess, a sad mess
 
cas is currently involved and have spoken with all the kids they helped me get them into counselling this is all good but dont know how the process works for court does the cas help with court or the childrens councilor? The cas says they will countinue to monitor for 60 days but have no concerns unless my spouse is to return then they will take an active involvment what does that mean?
 
The childrens counsellor can submit notes on behalf of the children, which is a VERY good thing. CAS are rediculous in my opinion...
 
From my experience with them,,they disregarded alot of information. For them to tell you they will monitor the situation for 60 days but have no concerns unless your spouse comes back? They should have MAJOR concerns right now...I just don't have much faith in them. I really hope they are better with you.
 
My girlfriend went through ALOT with them..they were just, as I mentioned, rediculous! The Childrens Counsellor was more beneficial and got her the results she needed for the courtroom.
 
Dont worry,,just keep all your records and rely on what you feel is best to get you and the kids through this..whaever documents you will need for court, make sure you get them. Sounds like your kids have just been through enough.
 
She went through everything..the kids were always in the middle, abused at one point and CAS was absolutely useless...The childrens counsellor is the very best for them..
 
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