By: Frieda

Hi, my daughter just went through 4 years of this Child custdy in the Brisbane FFC only to have her child ripped from her who never lived with her father, isn’t on the birth certificate no proof of his paternity, plus he has several DVO’S, breaches and criminal offences plus amphetamine use. She had legal aid but they ended up not supporting her at the most critical time, she allowed family contact centre visitation but his constant whispering to the little girl wasn’t seen by them and he denied it making her look the bad guy, when mentioning it to the contact centre they denied it, of course they would, they’re not going to admit not doing their job. Then the out of centre contact started, the little girl came back covered in bruises which myself and my other daughter witness on questioning the little girl she said dad did them. So my daughter informed the police and the CPS all of which did nothing for her case. The trial happened two days of gruelling questions and I was even yelled at by the judge because I wasn’t supposed to be in the court as I was witness for my daughter, I had no idea of knowing this, but being yelled at to get out, I thought at my age this Judge was a bully. During the trial there wer many lies told by the father and the CRW at the last interview with the CRW my daughter had she knew he was very biased against women so her guard was up as the previous report was full of mistakes as to what was said. She recorded everything at the last meeting with him but it was without consent so it couldn’t be used in court, but this man was asked questions which he blatantly lied. The CRW Would not speak to the child because she wanted to tell him of what she was concerned about, he blatantly said no I don’t want to talk to you, and accused my daughter of coaching my granddaughter. My granddaughter is 7 and a very bright little girl with quite a memory she was not coached. So his report was for the child to live with the father who lives about 9 hours drive from where she lives, he moved there after he started the court proceedings. The reason being because the child is also of part aboriginal and this is what was written by the Judge.” she looks so aboriginal in the video and photos
She put that in the mothers care The child may be made to feel embarrassed and an outcast due to her aboriginal heritage
This considerations race wise ways heavily in determining the the parenting arrangements”
I and everyone I have spoken to feel this is racist, talking a child away from a white mother because of the child’s colour. We are a multicultural family with English European Australian background the father is not full aboriginal with Spanish and other cultural also in his heritage. The CRW, ICL and Judge all didn’t look past this, they took a little girl from the only family that she knew for the past 7 years she was settled, safe and loved by her mother siblings Grandparents, aunts, uncles cousins friends at school and local community all taken from her in an instant, taken 9 hours away, to live with people she doesn’t know go to a school she doesn’t know, live with a man who can now be back on his drugs and have anger issues again. There is no contact allowed for two months how frightening for this little girl, then it’s contact in a contact centre near him on his allowing her. My daughter used the last bit of funds she could scrape together to appeal but the lawyer who looked at the judges final order made it water tight, there’s no appeal, no way of regaining custody.
The worse thing is they came and took her over Easter on Sunday, my daughter was unaware what was happening until the day before easter the school texted her and told her they received a court order that the father was to pick the child up from school, so she did what any mother would do as at that time she didn’t know that the judge made a ruling, she raced up and found her daughter locked in a room pleading with the headmistress to let her see her so she did and sh took her with a struggle and went home to us so we could say our good byes. He inlisted the Fed police and Sunday four came out to collect her, they were obviously under the impression that she was in danger which when they arrived realised and speaking to them this was false. Everyone has been manipulated by this man. The minute he received the paperwork he applied to centrelink for the appropriate payment as well.
It’s just unbelievable how an abusive man on drugs can gain custody of a little girl, with racist overtones, and the Justice system does nothing to protect her.