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Record ID: 498f97fd-5358-47ed-b7ee-339ec137f99e
Type: Journal Article
Title: The idealized post-separation family in Australian family law: A dangerous paradigm in cases of domestic violence
Other Titles: Journal of family studies
Authors: Shea, Amanda
Bagshaw, Dale
Keywords: Legislation analysis;Family law
Year: 2008
Publisher: La Trobe University Press
Citation: 14 (2-3), 2008
Notes:  This article presents the findings of an in-depth discourse analysis of 20 First Instance unpublished judgments, delivered over a 5 and a half-year period from one registry of the Family Court of Australia, in contested contact cases where the presence of domestic violence was acknowledged by the Court.

In most of the judgments analysed, the fathers' history of violence was readily excused or ignored, mothers were blamed for failing to support father-child contact, the voices of the children involved were often discounted and a dominant paradigm of the idealised post-separation family took precedence over the special needs of the children.


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URI: https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/12628
ISSN: 1322-9400
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