The Family Court issued its ruling on a very disturbing case – involving a polyamorous couple exposing young children under their care to multi-partner sex activities. One of the children was only 4 years old. It was determined that the children had suffered psychological abuse under the care of the polyamorous couple.
The Judge imposed parenting orders, stating that: the children not be exposed to nor educated on the respondents’ polyamorous lifestyle.
The polyamorous were not discrete about their sexual activities, engaging in sex with others in their living room while the children were home. The adults’ Tinder ‘dates’ regularly came to their home for group-sex. Three adults even shared a bed while a toddler slept in the same bedroom.
The children were traumatised from being exposed to the adults’ sexual activities. One child started wetting his pants, both at home and at daycare. And the children started repeating obscene sexual language learnt from the adults, words such as words “orgy”, “c**t”, “c***k” and “p***y”.
Here is a summary of the case, and the ruling made by the Judge.
These proceedings were to determine childcare arrangements for two step-siblings and whether the children had been subjected to psychological abuse. The father (the first respondent) of one child and the mother (the second respondent) of the other child were married and lived together, but were in a polyamorous relationship and had other sexual partners. It was alleged that the two children had been exposed to sexual activity while in the respondents’ care, and that the respondents prioritised their own needs over those of the two children. The Judge considered the evidence from the parties, the children, and various other witnesses and concluded that it was likely that the children had been exposed to sexual activity while in the respondents’ care and it was impacting on them. The Judge imposed parenting orders for each child with conditions, one being that neither child be exposed to nor educated on the respondents’ polyamorous lifestyle. Judgment Date: 4 August 2021.
Read the full Court Ruling
*This post was written by Family First staff writers.
