Web resource:	http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/10766/20010723-0000/www.familycourt.gov.au/papers/pdf/famlaw.pdf
Type:	Non-Fiction
Title:	The Family Law Reform Act 1995 : the first three years
Authors:	Rhoades, Helen Harrison, Margaret Graycar, Reg
Keywords:	Family law
Year:	2000
Publisher:	University of Sydney & Family Court of Australia
Notes:	Report into the operation of the Family Law Reform Act 1995 from the time it came into effect in June 1996 until the end of 1999. Includes findings that disputes have increased, rather than decreased; that the reforms have created greater scope for an abusive non-resident parent to harass or interfere in the life of the child’s primary caregiver by challenging her decisions and choices; that children’s safety is being compromised in the approach to interim decision making that has developed since the legislative changes; that the ‘existing arrangements principle’ has been displaced by judicial concerns about ‘parental equality’; that the present approach to making unsupervised orders for contact at interim hearings represents a retreat from the Family Court’s acknowledgement in the years prior to the reforms of the adverse psychological effects of spouse abuse upon child welfare; that there has been a shift in the approach to making residence orders at final hearings; the interaction of child support and shared residence arrangements; that there has been a large increase in contravention applications brought by non-resident parents alleging breaches of contact orders; and that there is increased pressure on women who fear violence to provide contact. Makes five recommendations arising from the findings.
Contents:	Ch. 1: Executive Summary Ch. 2: Background to the Reform Act Ch. 3: The research Ch. 4: Shared parenting Ch. 5: Contact Ch .6: Litigation and Private Agreements
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/11436
ISBN:	9780646408866
Physical description:	vi, 101 p. : ill. ; 30 cm
Appears in Collections:	Books

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