A survey of 864 family court cases has found that the courts ordered nocontact with fathers in 34 cases and no contact with the mother in 11cases.
It found that the principal reason why fathers were not successful inobtaining contact was domestic violence, which was present in 41 percent of the cases. Child protection issues, including emotional andphysical abuse, featured in 29 per cent of cases where fathers wereunsuccessful.
In the remaining cases contact was not given because it was against thechild's wishes or because there was a history of drug or alcohol abuse,a failure to cooperate with the court over a consistent period, or ahistory of sex offending.
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