Mother’s Stories

Barbara From the start she feared her son was being abused but that was nothing compared to the trouble that lay ahead when the couple

Maggie 84-year-old Maggie is being denied contact with her grandchildren, after years of protecting them from their drug-addicted mother. I am an 84-year-old mother and

Lola How a disturbed, drug-addicted woman hijacked the justice system using bizarre false allegations to deny her husband contact with his children. It was twenty

Millies story Millie My son was taken in by the classic immigration scam – a one-night stand, pregnancy, false violence accusations and bingo, his child’s

Katrina’s story Katrina Katrina The night my sleeping son was beaten by his partner, the police refused to believe him, treated him as the aggressor

Mary’s story Mary Finally. It took seven years for our son to convince the Family Court that his children were at risk from their mentally-ill

Erin’s story Erin When the rape accusations against my 18 year-old son Toby fell apart in court and he was found not guilty, there were

Michelle Jones My son’s accuser Sarah Jane Parkinson is finally in prison, a long five years after trying to destroy my son using false allegations

Jo Thomson-Jones My three-year-old granddaughter Iyla was murdered when her mother was told by phone that the Family Court had given custody to my son.

Janine Janine writes of her sorrow at losing contact with two sets of grandchildren, when vindictive women became involved with her sons and broke ties

Eva When a stranger started harassing and stalking my son, the police believed the woman’s accusations leading to months of torment and considerable financial cost

Faith Tkalac My son was run over and left for dead by his violent partner. A year later she has yet to be charged with

Alissa As a grandmother, I was shocked to discover that AVOs are being used as an effective tool by some mothers to push fathers and

Vimala My son lost his reputation and access to his child when his wife was trained by domestic violence workers to make false allegations of

Debbie Garratt My son was found not guilty but he will never recover from what happened to him More than 2 years ago my son