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.
