Domestic Abuse: Family Proceedings — Written Question

Question

Rupert Lowe

Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth

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

Alex Davies-Jones

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...

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