Now Hannah’s parents, Lloyd and Suzanne Clarke, are being sued by Rowan’s son, Isaiah Jesse Rowan Baxter – as he tries to get his hands on her estimated $3.6 million estate, The Sunday Mail reported. "At the moment we're starting to get an outcome, which is wonderful — so it's good Small Steps is working.". The parents of Brisbane mother Hannah Clarke, who was murdered with her children in a horrific domestic violence attack, say they hope the criminalisation of coercive control in Queensland will be her legacy, as they mark one year their daughter and grandchildren died. Queensland Police officers are called to a family violence incident that allegedly involved the couple. Mr Clarke it was OK for people to approach them. He jumped into the back of the car with a knife and threatened his ex wife, before pouring petrol around and in the vehicle. He threatened anyone who tried to save the youngsters. "It's given us a purpose to move on," he said. "They say the Instagram photos show a happy, healthy fit family that ran a gym together don't tell the whole story. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. She controlled the money.'. My donation wasn't much but more to let you know that you are all on my mind. Would the Olympics Games be an economic bonanza for Queensland? Sue Clarke, whose daughter Hannah and three grandchildren were killed when her estranged husband doused a car in petrol and set it alight last year, told Sunrise “this should never happen to any family ever.” “I’d just like to say to Kelly’s family, I’m so terribly sorry.” The crime shocked the country, and strengthened calls to criminalise coercive control. 'Hannah said "I just felt a cold shiver, mum" and she looked up and he was standing right there - just looking at her. "It starts gradually, he [Baxter] wouldn't let Hannah wear a bikini off the beach to the car … and he made her stop her Facebook and do a joint account," she said. Hannah was last week honoured in the inaugural Marie Claire Women of the Year list for her incredible bravery and resilience to ensure her story was told during the final hours of her life. Hannah Clarke's devastated parents have laid bare how their daughter's marriage to a 'charming' single dad became a nightmare and ended in a horrific murder-suicide. Hannah Clarke with her daughters Aaliyah and Laianah, and her son Trey in the background while at the beach in Queensland. "Pink was for children. "Just to try and shine a bit of brightness for the future because we've been through some pretty dark times in the last 12 months," Mr Clarke said. Hannah Clarke and her children, six-year-old Aaliyah, four-year-old Laianah and three-year-old Trey, were heading out on the school run when her estranged husband Rowan Baxter jumped in the car, doused them in petrol and set them alight in Brisbane's Camp Hill last February. (Supplied: Sue Clarke) For her parents Lloyd and Sue Clarke, that final act reinforced their daughter's warrior spirit. " Hannah and Baxter met when he took his son from a previous marriage to the Police Citizens Youth Club where she worked at the age of 19 in 2009, when he was 30. Unable to accept that the relationship was over, Baxter planned to murder Hannah and their children in February 2020 in a fit of rage and revenge. Pictured: A tow truck operator removes Ms Clarke's car after Baxter set it on fire in the leafy Brisbane suburb of Camp Hill. 'D get into bed and read the two girls a story at night and... 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