In 1970, Helen Cummings married Dr. Stuart Wynter. This was the beginning of a hellish existence of spiralling abuse. Helen escaped, but Dr. Wynter remarried and his new family could not.

Helen Cummings was born and bred in Newcastle, NSW. She married Dr Stuart Wynter, and they had two children, Sarah and Brendan. Sarah Wynter is a successful actress based in the US. After divorcing Stuart, Helen retrained in family law, working on the counter in the Family Court registry and later as an associate to a federal magistrate. Helen remarried and had a second daughter, Rainie. Helen is also a singer and songwriter, and is still based in Newcastle.