Closed petition Remove parental responsibility for domestic abusers who refuse rehabilitation

Closed on 18 April 2022

Change the law so if there is clear evidence by social services and police reports of domestic abuse, then the perpetrator will have no access and will temporarily lose parental responsibility until they complete a Court-mandated perpetrator programme or some other recognised form of rehabilitation.

In some cases domestic abuse perpetrators can still be allowed access to their children, so the children can continue to witness abusive behaviour and it offers no protection to the victim who is then potentially forced into co-parenting with the abusive parent, risking a continuation of the domestic abuse. We need to be protecting victims in the family court and stop enabling perpetrators to continue the abuse through the courts and access.