Recent issues and initiatives

 

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Family Matters article
Published

March 1999

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Abstract

This article examines recent issues and initiatives pertaining to family law. The Family Court and the Family Law Act are frequently accused, most commonly by fathers, of gender bias, particularly in relation to the determination of children's matters. The fathers' rights movement has gained increasing credibility and support, and has raised concerns, along with other groups, concerning child custody, access enforcement, child support, 'false' allegations of family violence, matrimonial property division, and the need to reintroduce fault into divorce proceedings. In this article, the author discusses the issues of child support, child contact, outcome of contested children's matters, property and financial matters, and federal magistracy.

This article examines recent issues and initiatives pertaining to family law. The Family Court and the Family Law Act are frequently accused, most commonly by fathers, of gender bias, particularly in relation to the determination of children's matters. The fathers' rights movement has gained increasing credibility and support, and has raised concerns, along with other groups, concerning child custody, access enforcement, child support, 'false' allegations of family violence, matrimonial property division, and the need to reintroduce fault into divorce proceedings. In this article, the author discusses the issues of child support, child contact, outcome of contested children's matters, property and financial matters, and federal magistracy.

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