Child wellbeing after parental separation
Research summary— June 2020
This research summary discusses the experiences and needs of young people whose parents have separated and have accessed the family law system.
Publications
All publications are also listed in our library catalogue.
Children and young people in separated families: Family law system experiences and needs: Final Report 2018
Rachel Carson, Edward Dunstan, Jessie Dunstan and Dinika Roopani
Research Report— June 2018
This Research Report investigates the experiences and needs of young people whose parents have separated and have accessed the family law system.
Independent Children's Lawyers Study: Final report
Commissioned report— June 2014
Presents the findings of a mixed-methods research project examining the use and efficacy of Independent Children’s Lawyers in the family law system.
Views of adolescents in separated families: A study of adolescents' experiences after the 2006 reforms to the family law system
Jodie Lodge and Michael Alexander
Commissioned report— December 2010
Explores how adolescent children view their experience of parental separation in the context of the 2006 family law reforms.
