Articles sur Family Court

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Families going through breakdown need understanding, but so do lawmakers trying to find fair outcomes from complex laws. Shutterstock

1 juin 2016

No simple solution when families meet the law

Adding to the trauma of a relationship breaking down, families can find themselves caught in a tangle of state and commonwealth laws.

Family Court clients often have specific needs and vulnerabilities. AAP/Alan Porritt

4 novembre 2015

Merging federal courts’ administration won’t improve services for those who need it

Anne Wallace, Edith Cowan University

Merging the back-end operations of Australia's federal courts could have significant implications for the way in which resources are allocated to meet the needs of family courts and their clients.

The “right to parent” according to one’s own values and proclivities isn’t actually unfettered. photon_de/Flickr

29 juillet 2015

Policing parenting: is the Family Court going to punish you for having a drink?

Sascha Callaghan, University of Sydney

A Family Court "order" for parents of a child to not smoke around him and to limit their alcohol consumption while caring for him have invited the same old accusations about the "nanny state".