Policy and practice paper Sep 2014
Property and financial matters upon the breakdown of de facto relationships
This paper aims to provide non-legal professionals in the family law sector with a general outline of the relevant reforms
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Policy and practice paper Sep 2014
This paper aims to provide non-legal professionals in the family law sector with a general outline of the relevant reforms
Family Matters article Sep 2010
This article describes a form of lawyer-assisted family dispute resolution (FDR), known as collaborative practice.
Family Matters article Jul 2013
Family Matters article
Family Matters article Jul 2013
This article traces the recognition within family law in modern Western societies that children generally benefit from the involvement of both parents in their lives, and argues that though the indissolubility of parenthood is appropriate for most separated parents, limitations on joint parental responsibility are also appropriate in cases of family violence concerns and in cases where the parents have never lived together as a family.
Family Matters article Dec 2013
Family Matters article Mar 2011
This article examines four issues: the prevalence of different care-time arrangements in families that experienced parental separation after July 2006; parents' views about the flexibility and workability of their arrangements; characteristics of families with different care-time arrangements; and the strength of the relationship between child wellbeing on the one hand, and care-time arrangements and family dynamics on the other.
Family Matters article Mar 2011
Family Matters article on post-separation parenting agreements
Family Matters article Mar 2011
Family Matters article Mar 2011
This edition of Family Matters focuses on family law, which in the past year has seen exponential growth in empirical evidence regarding the operation of our family law system.
Family Matters article Mar 2011
Family Matters No. 86, 2011 - This article outlines the key research questions and findings from the evaluation