What evidence did the father give in his defense?

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What evidence did the father give in his defense?

The father did acknowledge towards the end of the relationship, he was struggling with the constant conflict in the household usually around the differences in parenting between he and the mother. He was however, clear in that he had never perpetrated domestic violence against the mother. In saying this, he was not accusing her of lying but merely putting to the Court that perhaps her perception was skewed because of the conflict between them or that she was so embroiled in the conflict that she could not put aside her differences with him for the benefit of the children.

The father also gave evidence that his parenting style was different to that of the mother. Not that his was better or hers was worse or that one was right and the other was wrong, just that they were different.

He went on to say that there was a reason he and the mother had separated and that it was unlikely that they would see eye to eye on most things but nevertheless he was willing to put aside his opinions of her as a person and communicate with her as the mother of his children.