hang on a minute. This guy can't win... You have gone to the cops accussed him of violence sought an order that he must not contact the kids. But you write here "the father makes no effort to contact the children whatsoever". If he tries to contact the kids he can go to jail.
btw - if dad was physically violent towards the kids then why are you only seeking a AVO why not ask for him to be charged?
This was prior to this violence order being sought as well. I should re-word that properly, he does not make an attempt to check up on their safety or well-being and never did prior to all of this order taking place such as the children running away from his place multiple times and he wouldn't notify the mother or the appropriate authorities or even check to see how his own children are going eg, physically violent towards them, trying to molest his own daughter etc. The children are 12 and 14 and speak for themselves. After speaking with the socit team who is also gathering more information to press charges, an independent children's psychologist and child services who are extremely concerned I assume charges will eventually be laid but this has all come to light within the past 3 weeks which is why the intervention order has only been taken out in the mean time due to a previous family parenting ordering being in place for shared parental responsibility.
Just unfortunately one of those individuals that wants to have complete control of a situation unfortunately when he never contributes anything towards the children aside from the bare minimum which is by law I believe considered to be child support which came to $20 per week despite all expenses being covered by the mother and her partner.
The children have always been encouraged to have a meaningful relationship with both parents and being a child from a single mother myself who had god knows how many physically abusive boyfriends although fortunately they were never sexual, there still must be a line drawn whereby you cannot get sexual with your own daughter and then be physically violent towards them so that they would be fearful if they ever spoke up, this has happened on more than one occasion and as the children speak with a psychologist more will be obtained from them.
As I stated there's a lot more to the story than just an intervention order but I just wanted a simple answer to the above question regarding schooling, I appreciate your input either way so thank you.