The aim of the current paper is to explore how the structured support to professional detection and assessment of risk called Famly DOORS (Detection Of Overall Risk Screen) may be used by professionals to identify risks associated with intimate partner violence among non-cohabiting parents seeking help due to conflicts regarding their children. The data comes from a larger evaluation study of interagency collaboration aiming at early interventions for parents in conflict regarding children, in which F-DOORS was used at the initial referral and assessment stage to direct parents to an appropriate intervention. The data set for the paper consists of 68 audio recorded follow up-interviews (DOOR2) where professionals explore the parents’ answers to an initital self-report questionnaire (DOOR1). When looking at how professionals used the follow-up interview DOOR2 to explore possible risks indicated by parent’s answers to the questionnaire, it is clear that it was considerably easier for professionals to follow up on indications of victimization to violence than follow up on perpetration of intimate partner violence. Also, while risks for children was focused upon in relation to recent physical intimate partner violence, long-term consequences of violence or the child’s own perspective and experiences were not as central to the conversations. The context and practice implications of these findings are discussed.