Supporting You & Your Children
Domestic Abuse Support
Our family team at Bath Family Law LLP have experience both personally and professionally and can offer you practical and expert domestic abuse support as well as empathy and understanding, helping you to make the best decisions and provisions for you and your family. Whether you are considering a divorce, legal separation or are facing a relationship breakdown, our team can give you the support and guidance you need to get through this very difficult time.
We at Bath Family Law LLP will do our very best to ensure the safety of you and your family, supporting you by working with you to fully understand your position and by providing the right domestic abuse support. We will guide you through the legal options available to provide the fullest protection of the law, and we work alongside organisations and support groups that provide additional domestic abuse support.
Domestic Abuse affects people every day and many don’t realise they are victims of abuse. It can present in a variety of forms including psychological, physical, sexual, financial, or emotional and can include coercive controlling behaviour, commonly known as gaslighting.
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We at Bath Family Law LLP understand that this is a difficult subject and situation for a lot of people to be able to talk about. We will reassure you every step of the way that what you are doing is the right thing for you and your children and help you make sure you are in a position where you are protected. Domestic abuse can cause significant effects to people every day and can go unnoticed. Especially when it is not physical, but abuse in any form such as psychological, physical, sexual, financial, and emotional as well can all be addressed.
If your support extends beyond organisation such as the above, and you do require legal protection, there are some options out there for you moving forward and they can be in the form of two main applications for protective orders of either a Non-Molestation order or an Occupational order. They are in place to make sure you are kept as safe as possible. Here at Bath Family Law LLP we would sit down with you and figure out the best arrangements to be made for you and the best way to keep you and your children safe which is our top priority, and we would support you with your application and then throughout the entire process.
If you are or have recently been in a domestic abusive relationship, it is important to consider if you may need a protective order to ensure your safety and wellbeing. Speak with a team member at Bath Family Law LLP and we can support you with deciding if this is appropriate.
Within the family support provision, our team support many local families through the family courts as court trends change and legal aid is reduced further and rarely available. This is achieved by delivering a full portfolio of administrative support, moral support, mentoring and McKenzie Friend court support.
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Please click the above link and provide your details in order that we can begin to support you.
If you need assistance with the completion of the form or you wish to book an appointment directly by telephone, call 01225 941222 and one of our family support team will assist you further.
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If you or your children are in immediate danger, always call 999 and ask for the Police.
If you are not in immediate danger, then please contact any of the following as they are waiting to help you:
| Organisation | Telephone Number |
|---|---|
| Legal and Police | |
| Police Switchboard | 101 |
| Southside Family Project & Domestic Violence Advisors | 01225 331 243 |
| Citizens Advice Bureau | 01225 366 000 |
| Witness Support (for support at court) | 01225 463 313 |
| National Centre for Domestic Violence (support to apply for emergency injunctions) |
0800 970 2070 |
| Law Society | 0207 242 1222 |
| Helplines | |
| National Domestic Violence Helpline | 0808 200 0247 |
| Victim Support | 0808 168 9111 |
| Action on Elder Abuse (office hours) | 0808 808 8141 or 08000 699 784 |
| GALOP (for gay, bisexual or transgender victims) | 0300 999 5428 |
| MANKIND (mail victims of domestic violence) | 01823 334 244 |
| Southside | 01255 331 243 |
| Children & Families | |
| Social Services (BANES) | 01225 396 313 (office hours) or 01454 615 165 (out of hours) |
| Off The Record (young people 12 – 25) | 0800 3895 551 or 01225 312 481 |
| RESPECT | 0808 802 4040 |
| Childline | 0800 11 11 |
| Family Lives (parentline advice) | 0808 800 222 |
| Housing | |
| Housing Advice Team (BANES Council) | 01225 396 296 |
| RENEW (emergency housing) | 01225 310 899 |
| CURO | 01225 366 000 |
| Julian House (housing) | 01225 354 650 |
| Shelter (homeless charity) | 0808 800 444 |
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