Family Matters article Dec 2003
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Grandparents supporting working families
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Family Matters article Apr 2001
Family law update
This article represents a shortened version of the Executive Summary of a report by the authors of research undertaken into the operation of the Family Law Reform Act 1995, from the time it came into effect in June 1996 to the end of 1999.
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Research report Mar 2001
Division of matrimonial property in Australia
Analysis of Australian Divorce Transitions Project data provides insight into the way in which women and men divide their property when they divorce.
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Research report Dec 2000
Financial living standards after divorce
The data presented are drawn from the 1977 Australian Divorce Transition Project, a random national telephone survey of divorced Australians
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Research report Dec 2000
Child care in cultural context
Describes a new study that aims to fill gaps in the research literature concerning the influence of home-child care discontinuities on children.
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Family Matters article Sep 2000
New Zealand property rights legislation
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Family Matters article Mar 2000
Financial living standards after divorce
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Family Matters article Mar 2000
The division of matrimonial property in Australia
This article draws on data from the Institute's Australian Divorce Transitions Project to examine the extent to which the various contributions and needs specified by the Family Law Act contribute to the way property is currently divided in Australia.
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Research report Jan 2000
Parenting in Australian families
Findings from the final stage of the Australian component of the Parenting-21 study are presented around two key themes
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Family Matters article Jun 1999
What is a fair divorce settlement?
This article sets out to show why proposed changes to rules of the of the Family Law Act governing property settlement in divorce, currently being considered by the Attorney-General's department, are so contentious.