Amanda Godwin

Amanda Godwin is a legal professional who represented a mother in a recent court case in Nelson, where the woman sought a discharge without conviction after pleading guilty to two charges of assaulting her children. Godwin highlighted the significant stressors in her client's life, including postpartum depression and the challenges of managing multiple children alone. She argued that a conviction would hinder the mother's ability to return to the workforce and that the circumstances leading to the assaults were not reflective of her character as a parent.