GA v CB [2025] EWFC 400 (B) (10 November 2025)

GA v CB [2025] EWFC 400 (B) (10 November 2025)

The court found, on the balance of probabilities, that the father perpetrated multiple incidents of physical assault, coercive and controlling behaviour, and financial abuse against the mother, supported by consistent oral, documentary, and witness evidence. The father's explanations were inconsistent and not credible. The findings of abuse and coercive control are relevant to the determination of child arrangements.

Citation
[2025] EWFC 400 (B)
Parties
Mother/respondent: CB; Father/applicant: GA
Jurisdiction
England and Wales
Judgment Date
10 November 2025
Procedural Posture
Child Arrangements Order (private Law Family) / Fact Finding Hearing, Judgment
Outcome
Findings of fact made: father perpetrated physical and emotional abuse, coercive and controlling behaviour, and financial abuse against the mother.
Legal Topics
Domestic Abuse, Coercive Control, Child Arrangements, Fact Finding, Parental Responsibility
Family Law Child Law Domestic Abuse Coercive Control Child Arrangements Fact Finding Parental Responsibility

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Parties

CB

Mother/respondent

GA

Father/applicant

Procedural Posture

Child Arrangements Order (private Law Family) / Fact Finding Hearing, Judgment

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the father perpetrated physical and emotional abuse against the mother
  2. 2 Whether the father engaged in coercive and controlling behaviour
  3. 3 Whether the father's conduct impacts child arrangements

Ratio Decidendi

The court found, on the balance of probabilities, that the father perpetrated multiple incidents of physical assault, coercive and controlling behaviour, and financial abuse against the mother, supported by consistent oral, documentary, and witness evidence. The father's explanations were inconsistent and not credible. The findings of abuse and coercive control are relevant to the determination of child arrangements.

Court Disposition

Findings of fact made: father perpetrated physical and emotional abuse, coercive and controlling behaviour, and financial abuse against the mother.