INTRODUCTIONThe main focus of "If I Killed You, I'd Take the Children: Survival Work and Protecting Women with Childcare and Access in the Context of Woman Abuse,” was to propose “how women work to negotiate formal systems in relation to child custody and access in the context of women abuse” (Varcoe & Irwin, 2004, p. 78) . Academic and community researchers, including a social action group, collaboratively conducted the entire article in two adjacent suburban communities in Western Canada (Varcoe & Irwin, 2004, p. 78). Furthermore, the research data, based in particular on Participatory Action Research, were collected between 2000 and 2002 (Varcoe & Irwin, 2004, p. 78). At the time, legislation governing post-divorce child support and divorce sought review by the Canadian federal government (Varcoe & Irwin, 2004, p. 78). With the twenty-seven recruits, the researchers and research assistants conducted in-depth qualitative individual interviews (Varcoe & Irwin, 2004, p. 83). The Community Coordination Committee on Violence Against Women, made up of representatives from various services such as the police, child welfare services, social services and public health, was the driving force behind the study (Varcoe & Irwin, 2004, p. 78). From the analysis, Varcoe and Erwin (2004) found that the most critical issue of concern to women who had children in the study was child custody and access. Furthermore, once formal systems became involved, women's work with the systems dominated their lives (Varcoe & Irwin, 2004, p. 84). They also found that systems engagement with child custody and access issues was problematic when responses revictimized women by advocating further purpose-related abuse. of the study” (Babbie, 2007, p. 308). Varcoe and Irwin (2004) mentioned that women's experiences of getting help to deal with abuse from a partner were the focus of the interviews. Furthermore, interviews typically lasted one to four hours and were conducted at locations chosen by the women (Varcoe & Irwin, 2004, p. 83). Letters from lawyers, court orders and notes taken during the court hearing are some of the documentary evidence provided by the women, while field notes were taken during the interviews (Varcoe & Irwin, 2004, p. 84). Furthermore, having worked on the interview together with the analysis team, units of meaning were identified and assigned to conceptual categories. Based on the analysis of interviews with women, a preliminary document was written based on child custody and access (Varcoe & Irwin, 2004, p.. 83).