Thousands misusing abuse orders to get legal aid, says parenting charity

[Karma Police]

I have received and email from Ex wife's solicitor confirming she has been granted legal aid.
So tax payers will fund her fight me because she has alleged abuse.

However,

The case resulted in No Further Action (NFA) after a thorough investigation, as there was no case to answer against wife's allegations of abuse.

CAFCASS confirms I do not pose a risk and recommends unsupervised contact
CAFCASS Section 7 Findings: No evidence of harm to the children: “There is no evidence to date that suggests that harm has been perpetrated towards the children”
CAFCASS confirms I do not pose a risk to my children


Look what I found on the web:

Thousands misusing abuse orders to get legal aid, says parenting charity

Charity says thousands of parents are misusing domestic abuse orders to access legal aid.

www.bbc.co.uk

Can I complain against the use of public funds for the use of paying for my Ex's solicitor's?

 

[Karma Police]

In my case, there was no Non-molestation order or occupational orders. (I gave undertakings instead - which have since dropped/expired). Surely, there is no case for use of public funds and legal aid?

 

[JayMC]

Welcome to normality the system is set up to encourage this behaviour

 

[NewcastleBrownAle]

Welcome to normality the system is set up to encourage this behaviour

sadly, yes it is.

 

[DannyK]

Look what I found on the web:

Thousands misusing abuse orders to get legal aid, says parenting charity

Charity says thousands of parents are misusing domestic abuse orders to access legal aid.

www.bbc.co.uk

That's a great article, thanks for sharing @Karma Police

It's alarming that this article dates back to 2018, and I suspect the numbers of false NMO's has shot up since then.

We need to find a way to get this story "back on page one"

But unfortunately there's no appetite in the media for stories where men have been abused by women (their Ex-partners), subjecting them to these false allegations..

 

[Razbert]

Can I complain against the use of public funds for the use of paying for my Ex's solicitor's?

You make a very good point. Have there ever been any prosecutions for fraud by obtaining shelter and legal aid based on misrepresentation?

My stbx and child have been living free for 4 months and now has a free solicitor and barrister, simply by being admitted to a refuge based on false allegations. No police involvement - only the MASH team of the local authority, who concluded there were no safeguarding concerns after a 10 day investigation.

 

[Unknown01]

The problem you face is that she only has to claim abuse to get legal aid. The burden of proof is incredibly low. On the other hand, to prove she's committed the criminal offence of fraud, you have to prove she has done that beyond reasonable doubt. That is very hard to do.

Hence why it is low risk high reward for women to allege abuse in divorce. However, at least legal aid is normally a loan that they have to pay back. So the least you can do if she's the kind of grubby criminal who does this sort of thing is make sure that bill is as high as possible for her.