Help 8 year old Emily be reunited with her mother
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Please help 8 year old Emily be reunited with her mum as she is currently in a dangerous situation, with an abusive father.
After 4 years and approximately 50 court hearings, Louise desperately needs help to raise funds for legal representation to be reunited with her daughter Emily to prevent risk of significant harm to her child.
Unfortunately the legal and social care processes have not fully considered the risks to Emily in her current placement leaving Emily in what her mother fears to be a very vulnerable and isolated situation.
Emily is only 8 yrs old; her mother fled her abusive marriage almost 5 years ago and Emily was happily living with her until about 18 months ago. Louise fled the matrimonial home in the middle of the night in order to protect Emily but unfortunately Emily’s father - a man of considerably more resources and money for expensive solicitors, was prepared to do whatever it took to get his daughter and the bulk of the estate in the divorce settlement - the divorce battle was bitter and her mum fought hard to enable her daughter to live a safe and happy life.
During the course of the proceedings, Emily’s father forged documents and committed perjury, fraud and obstructed the course of justice in the courts. He distorted information about Louise, persistently reporting unfounded and unsupported risks that he stated Emily faced living with her mum. A new wave of allegations is now being presented to the courts with the father using these as an excuse to fully separate mother and daughter by blocking all contact.
Whilst Emily was living with her mum, Social Services stated they had NO CONCERNS for her wellbeing; she was well cared for, happy at school, had friends, and was a bubbly child but eventually the multiple allegations from the father against Louise had an impact and Emily was moved to live with her father and his new partner.
Sadly it would seem money and a father’s rights appear to have had more sway than a child’s rights and a mother’s love for this little girl.
Louise had been the main carer for her daughter but overnight she found herself having supervised visits and the accusations against her still kept coming; none of the professionals on the supervised visits ever expressed any concerns about Louise spending time with Emily, their interaction or any inappropriate behaviour from Louise towards her daughter.
Louise had no warning that Emily would be moved and neither mother or daughter have received support or counselling in relation to this sudden decision – they were a mum and daughter living together when Louise walked into the court that morning and by the end of the day Emily had been moved to live with her father. The court made this decision based on her ex-husband’s testimony despite making no findings that Emily was at immediate harm from her mother.
Louise raised that she was abused by her husband during her marriage, and Emily has made statements to professionals which raise significant concerns about how her father treats her - the court stated she needed to move to live with her father despite these concerns.
Her father has radicalised beliefs and has exerted power over Emily, for example preventing her from celebrating Christmas and blocking contact with Louise and her family on 25th December. No assessment of the father’s ability to care for and parent Emily has ever been made. Supervised visits with Louise have ended with Emily kicking and screaming, wanting to go home with her mum and not her dad.
Emily is showing significant signs of being withdrawn and emotionally deprived of love and stimulation, the father alleges that Emily’s mother is the cause of this and not him, using her behaviour to back up his claims against Louise – and yet he is the main carer and Emily did not have any of these issues when she lived with Louise.
Emily seems to have learnt not to tell people how she is treated by her father and his partner and not to trust that people will protect her if she tells them what is happening at home. She is coping with the overbearing and controlling behaviour of her father in silence and alone. She has become a prisoner in her father’s home, with no one to fight for her except her mother, but no one is listening to Louise’s desperate pleas for her daughter’s safety as the evidence fabricated against her makes her appear to lack credibility. No child should have to live in fear, every child deserves a safe upbringing.
Emily is a very young child who lives with a terrifying man - she is not in a position to argue or defend herself. Louise is heart-broken and scared for her little girl who tells her that she is not allowed to cry at home because it makes daddy angry and gets her into trouble.
Louise is terrified her daughter is suffering psychological harm and probably more. There are also serious concerns that Emily may need protecting from cultural & physical abuse due to her father’s radicalised belief system – this is illegal and the damage cannot be undone.
Louise has been fighting this battle for her daughter for a long time and has not asked anyone for financial assistance, but her ex-husband has extensive funds for the best legal representation and Louise has had to accept that more money is needed to ensure she is able to have fair representation in the Family Court.
Louise's ex-husband has ensured that Louise is isolated from all sources of financial support; when Louise fled her abusive marriage, the ex-husband retained all the matrimonial finances and properties whilst continuously claiming poverty. He is wealthy and can afford to recruit the best legal advice.
Louise works hard but cannot earn enough to raise this money alone; she continues to fight for her child whilst dealing with the tremendous stress caused as a result of several years of abuse and harassment both inside and outside of the court arena. Her income will in no way allow her the legal support she needs to fight the complex lies and games her ex-husband is playing in court. The more lies he tells, the more court time is taken up and the more money is needed - she believes her ex-husband is banking on her giving up and running out of money.
Whilst we believe that in the majority of cases, the courts are able to provide a just and fair outcome, in this situation we believe her ex-husband’s financial position has resulted in unequal access to justice.
We are not asking you to make a judgement based on our story, but rather asking for your support to ensure the facts of this case can be heard by legal professionals in the court. Currently, decent legal preparation and representation for a 5 day hearing is likely to cost a minimum of £35,000. This is a lot to ask and the only way it will possible is for many people to help with a little bit of cash; when we band together we can make a real difference – please help and pass it on. We would like you to share this with as many people as possible, media, bloggers, journalists, law makers, politicians, and professionals – Emily deserves to be safe.
We are Louise’s friend’s & colleagues and many of us are professionals in health and social care, please join us and pledge your support to make a difference. There are so many concerns for Emily now she is in her father’s care; your help will help to provide equal access to legal resources and therefore give an equal voice to a mother who currently has significantly less power than the abusive ex-husband from whom she is wishes to protect her daughter.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
This information protects the true identity and location of the child concerned as this information cannot be disclosed for safeguarding and legal reasons.
After 4 years and approximately 50 court hearings, Louise desperately needs help to raise funds for legal representation to be reunited with her daughter Emily to prevent risk of significant harm to her child.
Unfortunately the legal and social care processes have not fully considered the risks to Emily in her current placement leaving Emily in what her mother fears to be a very vulnerable and isolated situation.
Emily is only 8 yrs old; her mother fled her abusive marriage almost 5 years ago and Emily was happily living with her until about 18 months ago. Louise fled the matrimonial home in the middle of the night in order to protect Emily but unfortunately Emily’s father - a man of considerably more resources and money for expensive solicitors, was prepared to do whatever it took to get his daughter and the bulk of the estate in the divorce settlement - the divorce battle was bitter and her mum fought hard to enable her daughter to live a safe and happy life.
During the course of the proceedings, Emily’s father forged documents and committed perjury, fraud and obstructed the course of justice in the courts. He distorted information about Louise, persistently reporting unfounded and unsupported risks that he stated Emily faced living with her mum. A new wave of allegations is now being presented to the courts with the father using these as an excuse to fully separate mother and daughter by blocking all contact.
Whilst Emily was living with her mum, Social Services stated they had NO CONCERNS for her wellbeing; she was well cared for, happy at school, had friends, and was a bubbly child but eventually the multiple allegations from the father against Louise had an impact and Emily was moved to live with her father and his new partner.
Sadly it would seem money and a father’s rights appear to have had more sway than a child’s rights and a mother’s love for this little girl.
Louise had been the main carer for her daughter but overnight she found herself having supervised visits and the accusations against her still kept coming; none of the professionals on the supervised visits ever expressed any concerns about Louise spending time with Emily, their interaction or any inappropriate behaviour from Louise towards her daughter.
Louise had no warning that Emily would be moved and neither mother or daughter have received support or counselling in relation to this sudden decision – they were a mum and daughter living together when Louise walked into the court that morning and by the end of the day Emily had been moved to live with her father. The court made this decision based on her ex-husband’s testimony despite making no findings that Emily was at immediate harm from her mother.
Louise raised that she was abused by her husband during her marriage, and Emily has made statements to professionals which raise significant concerns about how her father treats her - the court stated she needed to move to live with her father despite these concerns.
Her father has radicalised beliefs and has exerted power over Emily, for example preventing her from celebrating Christmas and blocking contact with Louise and her family on 25th December. No assessment of the father’s ability to care for and parent Emily has ever been made. Supervised visits with Louise have ended with Emily kicking and screaming, wanting to go home with her mum and not her dad.
Emily is showing significant signs of being withdrawn and emotionally deprived of love and stimulation, the father alleges that Emily’s mother is the cause of this and not him, using her behaviour to back up his claims against Louise – and yet he is the main carer and Emily did not have any of these issues when she lived with Louise.
Emily seems to have learnt not to tell people how she is treated by her father and his partner and not to trust that people will protect her if she tells them what is happening at home. She is coping with the overbearing and controlling behaviour of her father in silence and alone. She has become a prisoner in her father’s home, with no one to fight for her except her mother, but no one is listening to Louise’s desperate pleas for her daughter’s safety as the evidence fabricated against her makes her appear to lack credibility. No child should have to live in fear, every child deserves a safe upbringing.
Emily is a very young child who lives with a terrifying man - she is not in a position to argue or defend herself. Louise is heart-broken and scared for her little girl who tells her that she is not allowed to cry at home because it makes daddy angry and gets her into trouble.
Louise is terrified her daughter is suffering psychological harm and probably more. There are also serious concerns that Emily may need protecting from cultural & physical abuse due to her father’s radicalised belief system – this is illegal and the damage cannot be undone.
Louise has been fighting this battle for her daughter for a long time and has not asked anyone for financial assistance, but her ex-husband has extensive funds for the best legal representation and Louise has had to accept that more money is needed to ensure she is able to have fair representation in the Family Court.
Louise's ex-husband has ensured that Louise is isolated from all sources of financial support; when Louise fled her abusive marriage, the ex-husband retained all the matrimonial finances and properties whilst continuously claiming poverty. He is wealthy and can afford to recruit the best legal advice.
Louise works hard but cannot earn enough to raise this money alone; she continues to fight for her child whilst dealing with the tremendous stress caused as a result of several years of abuse and harassment both inside and outside of the court arena. Her income will in no way allow her the legal support she needs to fight the complex lies and games her ex-husband is playing in court. The more lies he tells, the more court time is taken up and the more money is needed - she believes her ex-husband is banking on her giving up and running out of money.
Whilst we believe that in the majority of cases, the courts are able to provide a just and fair outcome, in this situation we believe her ex-husband’s financial position has resulted in unequal access to justice.
We are not asking you to make a judgement based on our story, but rather asking for your support to ensure the facts of this case can be heard by legal professionals in the court. Currently, decent legal preparation and representation for a 5 day hearing is likely to cost a minimum of £35,000. This is a lot to ask and the only way it will possible is for many people to help with a little bit of cash; when we band together we can make a real difference – please help and pass it on. We would like you to share this with as many people as possible, media, bloggers, journalists, law makers, politicians, and professionals – Emily deserves to be safe.
We are Louise’s friend’s & colleagues and many of us are professionals in health and social care, please join us and pledge your support to make a difference. There are so many concerns for Emily now she is in her father’s care; your help will help to provide equal access to legal resources and therefore give an equal voice to a mother who currently has significantly less power than the abusive ex-husband from whom she is wishes to protect her daughter.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
This information protects the true identity and location of the child concerned as this information cannot be disclosed for safeguarding and legal reasons.
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