Criminals get legal help but I alone had to fight for my daughter'
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Criminals get legal help  but I alone had to fight for my daughter'
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"Stood in front of a judge with her whole world at stake, Sarah* remembers stumbling over her words, desperately trying to understand what was unfolding in front of her. Across the room, her ex-husband Al*'s experienced barrister spoke to the judge in jargon she could not understand. It was two years into the pair's dispute over custody of their young daughter Elsie* - something she was terrified would put the four-year-old at risk because of his heavy drug use."
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