Domestic abuse screening

Sue Brookes, Mills & Reeve

In this article, Sue Brookes explores why all family law specialists need to screen their clients properly for domestic abuse and she explains why domestic abuse screening is not a tool which should only be used by non-court dispute resolution practitioners. This article provides examples of the types of questions which anyone working with separating families should ask their clients. It also highlights some of the relationship dynamics which can become more visible once the right questions have been asked and it identifies some of the steps which may be required once the screening questions have been asked and domestic abuse has been identified as an issue.

Read the full article here.