Family Matters article Sep 2010
What is this thing called collaborative law?
This article describes a form of lawyer-assisted family dispute resolution (FDR), known as collaborative practice.
Family Matters article Sep 2010
This article describes a form of lawyer-assisted family dispute resolution (FDR), known as collaborative practice.
Family Matters article Sep 2005
The author describes a current study of the Australian Institute of Family Studies commissioned by the Attorney General's Department to evaluate the impact of Imminent changes to family law, set out in the Family Law Reform Act No.1 (Children), which will alter the way the law talks about parental responsibilities for their children after separation.
Media release Sep 2018
The Australian Institute of Family Study’s submission to the House of Representatives Inquiry into Intergenerational Welfare Dependence ‘highlights the importance of service systems that are responsive to the needs of vulnerable families – and the particular value of coordinated, responsive systems in the context of communities that experience high levels of social and economic disadvantage’.
Resource sheet Jan 2017
This page contains selected web resources relating to parents.
Resource sheet Jan 2017
This page contains selected web resources relating to fathers.
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.
Policy and practice paper Sep 1998
Overview of parent education and the effectiveness of parent education interventions in the prevention of child maltreatment.
Family Matters article Jun 2000
In this paper the New South Wales Commissioner for Children and Young People outlines some of the challenges facing communities, researchers and policy makers.
Family Matters article Jan 2008
This 'family law update' examines recent developments in Australian family law, mid-way through the phased-in family law system reform period.
Family Matters article Apr 2002
This article identifies the concepts of social cohesion and social exclusion as providing two theoretical frameworks whose relevance to Australian policy deserves greater exploration.