Tusla recommends mother lose custody of child after making false allegations

Judge Alec Gabbett said that a Tusla report handed into court recommended that the girl’s father have sole custody of the girl because of the risk of ongoing emotional abuse of the child.

Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has recommended that a mother lose custody of her daughter after concluding that the woman made unfounded allegations against the girl’s father, a court has heard.

At the Family Law Court, Judge Alec Gabbett said that a Tusla report handed into court recommended that the girl’s father have sole custody of the girl because of the risk of ongoing emotional abuse of the child while remaining with the mother.