Thanks Bettina for bringing this to light (as always). As someone with 20+ years banking experience and my experience with family law matters, this really hit home. As you have highlighted previously, weaponised AVOs are promoted by some advocacy groups as a lever to pull in FL matters. I’ve supported many men that have gone down the pat…
Thanks Bettina for bringing this to light (as always). As someone with 20+ years banking experience and my experience with family law matters, this really hit home. As you have highlighted previously, weaponised AVOs are promoted by some advocacy groups as a lever to pull in FL matters. I’ve supported many men that have gone down the path of “just accept the AVO without admission of guilt rather than go through the lengthy process of fighting it” to their own detriment. Relationship breakups are rarely smooth in my experience and financial matters are often the breaking point. I wonder if an estranged partner that drains the joint account to purchase handbags, $1,200 of designer scented candles (true) and then drags the family law process out as long as possible because they use economic resources of their family would constitute cohesive control under that malformed legislation? The virtue signalling behaviour of the banks is incredibly dangerous and I hope that someone can challenge the legality of their involvement in this. I think the banks would gain more from protecting the security of their customers from scammers and reinvesting their profits to reduce the costs to their customers.
AVOs are used as a weapons in FL matters but the ease with which they are granted is really scandalous and has affected the publics faith in the justice system. The blame for this rests with the Magistrates in the courts including the family court.
A friend of mine in a divorce battle was astounded when the FL magistrate turned to his wife and actually offered her a violence order against him, he was not given the same consideration and there was no reason for it as his wife, to her credit, insisted.
I suggested he should complain loudly, starting with the chief magistrate but he was too intimidated and nothing was done.
Here we see a magistrate acting as a salesman for domestic violence orders, what is going on? are they thinking of their mates the lawyers , send them a bit of business there might be a "drink" in it.
Thanks Bettina for bringing this to light (as always). As someone with 20+ years banking experience and my experience with family law matters, this really hit home. As you have highlighted previously, weaponised AVOs are promoted by some advocacy groups as a lever to pull in FL matters. I’ve supported many men that have gone down the path of “just accept the AVO without admission of guilt rather than go through the lengthy process of fighting it” to their own detriment. Relationship breakups are rarely smooth in my experience and financial matters are often the breaking point. I wonder if an estranged partner that drains the joint account to purchase handbags, $1,200 of designer scented candles (true) and then drags the family law process out as long as possible because they use economic resources of their family would constitute cohesive control under that malformed legislation? The virtue signalling behaviour of the banks is incredibly dangerous and I hope that someone can challenge the legality of their involvement in this. I think the banks would gain more from protecting the security of their customers from scammers and reinvesting their profits to reduce the costs to their customers.
AVOs are used as a weapons in FL matters but the ease with which they are granted is really scandalous and has affected the publics faith in the justice system. The blame for this rests with the Magistrates in the courts including the family court.
A friend of mine in a divorce battle was astounded when the FL magistrate turned to his wife and actually offered her a violence order against him, he was not given the same consideration and there was no reason for it as his wife, to her credit, insisted.
I suggested he should complain loudly, starting with the chief magistrate but he was too intimidated and nothing was done.
Here we see a magistrate acting as a salesman for domestic violence orders, what is going on? are they thinking of their mates the lawyers , send them a bit of business there might be a "drink" in it.