Parental Responsibility Agreements or Parenting Arrangements

What is the Court's view on parenting arrangements?

Generally speaking, the Court can express the following views when making order with respect to parenting arrangements:

  • The Court encourages parents to make arrangements that meet the needs of the children and family.
  • The Court encourages families to make their own decisions and offers a range of mediation services to help them do so.
  • Contact with family members is considered to be the right of a child (not the right of a parent).
  • Where children express a view and are of sufficient maturity, their views should be considered by parents. There is no set age for this as all children and families are different.
  • The Court usually considers that it is in the child’s best interest to maintain contact with both parents.
  • Denial of contact with the other parent may have serious consequences for the child's development.
  • Children need to be safe and protected from harm and the Court will make decisions based on a child's unique circumstances.

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Parenting Plans

For agreements such as Parenting Plans to work, parental cooperation is essential. Without this cooperation, parenting is bound to become difficult and cause problems for both you and your children.

As parents, you are in the best position to make decisions about your children because you know them so well. Older children usually like to play a part in the decision-making as well, so it is important to listen carefully to them when they express opinions or feelings about parenting arrangements. Family and child mediators and counsellors may be able to help you and your children discuss their needs.

When parents cannot agree, the Court will make the arrangements considered to best meet the needs of the children.

Judges consider carefully the circumstances of your family before making final decisions and then it is up to both parents to follow the orders made.

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Parental Responsibility Agreements or Parenting Arrangements News

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Worrying about the impact of relationship breakdown, separation and divorce on children can add to the stress of the situation.

There are a range of services available which provide assistance and support to those experiencing relationship breakdown, separation and divorce. Family Relationship Centres are a first port of call for families seeking help. Through information and referral, the centres help families strengthen relationships and deal with relationship difficulties.

Changes to Australia's family law system introduced since July 2006 means that individuals wanting to apply to the court for a parenting order must first attempt family dispute resolution if appropriate. If family dispute resolution is not appropriate or an agreement not reached then a certificate can be obtained from a registered family dispute resolution practitioner confirming an attempt at family dispute resolution was made.

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Background


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Chapter 4 Less adversarial court processes for parenting matters


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Executive summary: Evaluation of the 2006 family law reforms


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A SNAPSHOT OF CONTEMPORARY ATTITUDES TO CHILD ..


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FAQ about international parental child abduction


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Pages - Chapter 12 - External scrutiny


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conducted a wide-ranging inquiry into child custody arrangements in the event of family separation. .. Shared parental responsibility will be the ..


9. A New Formula for Assessing Child Support


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Submission: International child abduction to and from Australia


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Out of the Maze - Attorney-General's Department


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Consent orders


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Family relationship centres in Australia: reflections based on ..


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What is adoption? - Department of Communities


Information for parents considering adoption for their child .. birth parents' legal rights and responsibilities for their child are permanently .. to parent your child, adoption is only one arrangement that you may consider for the care of your child. .. you may wish to formalise this agreement by applying for a Parenting Order or ..


Submission - Inquiry into the provisions of the Family Law ..


include a presumption of shared parental responsibility and the .. disadvantaged, so children in sole custody arrangements may not be able to participate in ..


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After the break up


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Permancy planning policy


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Family Law Act 1975


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'You never know, they could be right'


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Grandparent-grandchild relationships after parental separation:


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Parenting plans


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Application for Final Orders


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1.1.L.33 Legal responsibility


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Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act 2006


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Children - lives with and visits - Parenting orders


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Factors influencing compliance with child support obligation


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Submission - Inquiry into the provisions of the Family Law ..


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Parenting

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Relative and Kinship Care Service Model


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Parent

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SHARED PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY (SPR)


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Appendix E - Legislative references: Family Law Act 1975


INQUIRY INTO CHILD CUSTODY ARRANGEMENTS IN THE EVENT OF .. (1) Each of the parents of a child who is not 18 has parental responsibility for the ..


"Shared parental responsibility"and the reshaping of family law.


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AllegAtions of fAmily violence And child Abuse in fAmily lAw ..


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3.3 Notification of court orders and court registered agreements .. Parents and non-parent carers can apply for a change of assessment in special .. The ATO may make decisions concerning these arrangements for the purposes of ... It is also important to note that if the parent's caring responsibilities or state of health do ..


Legislating for shared parenting. Family Matters no.67 2004


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Family dispute resolution and domestic violence bibliography ..


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Evaluation of the 2006 family law reforms: Preliminaries


by R Kaspiew - 2009 - - Negotiating and deciding parenting arrangements after separation. 65. 4.2. Referral .. Philosophical support for shared parental responsibility. 206. 9.2 .. Figure 3.1 Agreement with the statement: "If you are thinking of separating, it is important ..


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A case management plan is a written plan or a support agreement that .. The plan will generally include: allocation of parental responsibility; living arrangements; contact between the child or young person with his/her parents; and types of ..


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CHAPTER 8: FAMILY LAW


- 12.5 How is parental responsibility divided between same-sex parents on ... When deciding custody arrangements on separation, the Family Court must focus ..


Campbell, Jacky


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Recognising Children of Same-Sex Couples


5.2 What is the legal status of child-parent relationships in same-sex families? ... support and promote the common responsibilities of both parents in raising a .. All states other than NSW and the ACT either prohibit surrogacy agreements or limit .. with new parenting arrangements through a parenting order rather than an ..


Who can apply for a parenting order and when


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Inquiry into Child Custody Arrangements in the Event of Family Separation. .. Although parenting plans may suit some parties, others may prefer other outcomes, .. For example, one parent may accept mediation but the other may .. Assessment therefore needs to take place at each stage of the process and responsibility ..


Relocation bibliography - Australian Family Relationships ..


The Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act 2006 has made .. in which parenting orders and agreements in relation to children are made. .. are of a long-term nature such as education, health and living arrangements.


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Department as the Commonwealth Central Authority with responsibility for .. The question that arises is whether a parent's behaviour in either or both of these .. Dispute Resolution service in order to make future arrangements for the parenting of .. welfare of the child where the return of the child is facilitated by agreement ..


Details for parenting orders - Family Law Courts Homepage


Items 60 - 65 – Draft Consent Orders - a term used to describe the signed agreement which you wish .. for parenting orders, the arrangements are proper; for property orders, the .. Any other aspect of parental responsibility - this may include the ..


The Family Law Violence Strategy


Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Bill 2005 (the Shared Parenting .. been through the court process to have contact arrangements determined. ... agreements between the Australian Government and States and Territories.


Submission: Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence ..


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Child Custody Arrangements in the Event of Family Separation, Australian .. Public attitudes to parental responsibilities and children's rights after parental .. Parent–child contact and post-separation parenting arrangements, Research Report ..


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Covers children's rights and parental responsibility, parenting plans, family .. to family dispute resolution, conferences, certificates and agreements. .. law, care and protection law, arrangements when parents separate, best ..


AFRC Briefing No. 6


Shared parenting arrangements see children moving in and out for five ... the need to reach agreement on strategies, the implementation of these is vexed. .. biological parent to maintain primary responsibility for discipline, ..


"Keeping Kids in Mind"


Form an agreement about what each parent's responsibilities will be; .. advice from an independent third person, to sort out your parenting arrangements.


Major policy changes


If a parent wanted to take their own action in court regarding the debt, they had to assume all responsibility for collection, including for ongoing child support. With the new arrangements, parents can take their own court enforcement action .. their ability to reach agreement on parenting arrangements or even to reconcile.


The current Child Support Scheme


Parents who paid child support with second families received a flat-rate .. For more information see: Second families - current arrangements. ... Previously, a parent's responsibility towards natural or adopted children from a .. Child support agreements allow parents to work out their own child support ..


18. In the Best Interests of Children


Child Support Agreements · 14. .. Resident parents will also receive more realistic levels of child support when .. Similarly, the incentive to negotiate parenting arrangements that ensure that the non-resident parent has the care of a .. 18.2.2 The Child Support Scheme and shared parental responsibility ..


Child inclusive practice bibliography - Communities and Families ..


Agreements reached by the child inclusive group were significantly more .. of parents' separation and the establishment of parental arrangements that .. The Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act ..


Navigating the Maze - Family Violence Inquiry, JD Guest Lecture ..


From the point of view of parents and children engaging with the legal .. and private [parental responsibility and the care arrangements for children] .. able to reach agreement about their parenting arrangements themselves.


Parent-child contact and post-separation parenting arrangements ..


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-child contact and post-separation parenting arrangements by .. its report on its Inquiry into Child Custody Arrangements Following Separation, attests .. and is responsible for conceptualising and managing the Caring for Children after ..


ADOPTION BY A STEP-PARENT


An Adoption Plan is a legal agreement between the birth parents and the adoptive step- parent and sets out any arrangements for information exchange about ..


Form and substance


by C Caruana - - and Other measures) Bill 2008 moves on a 2002 agreement by the states and .. Australia and Western Australia) who are unable to agree on arrangements for their children .. Family Law (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act 2006, the court ..


Cohabitation bibliography - Australian Family Relationships ..


by AFR Clearinghouse - 2006One parent or five: a global look at today's new intentional families (PDF) .. marriage and parenting, co-parenting pre-conception arrangements, and the ... property; financial agreements; financial support for children; de facto relationships; and .. Divorce, by Louise Hennessy; Shared parental responsibility, by Anne-Marie ..


Department of Education :: Schools :: School life information ..


through informal arrangements (these arrangements may come .. However, the status of the grandparents' responsibility for a child .. reach agreement with the child's parent or parents without having to go before a judge.


Child protection Australia 2009-10 (AIHW)


Types of orders; Age and sex of children; Living arrangements; Recent .. Finalised guardianship and custody orders; Finalised third-party parental responsibility orders .. the parents or with the department responsible for child protection. .. Agreements with the child protection departments, which have the ..


Women's Legal Service (Brisbane)


- Items 26 - 36 – a. encourage and assist parents to reach agreement on parenting arrangements after separation outside of the court system where appropriate. b. promote the .. Schedule 1 – Shared Parental Responsibility. Content. Item 2 of the ..


Parents'


Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Bill 2005 .. and assist parents to reach agreement on parenting arrangements ..


Risk factors - bibliography - National Child Protection Clearinghouse


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measures under the Northern Territory National Partnership Agreement (NTNPA). .. Since December 2002, the Ombudsman has had responsibility for reviewing the .. Services included home visiting, parent education, and family support .. The effect of family violence on post-separation parenting arrangements : the ..


Submission: Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence ..


I am writing to rebut the "evidence" that shared parenting forces .. parental responsibility amendments were enacted and quotes .. returned to live primarily with the Father by the Mother's agreement. In 2010, days before another trial and after the children's lawyer recommended the existing arrangements ..


Shared Parenting - Article - Family Matters - Publications - Australian ..


by PSP ALLIANCEtistics time use data confirm that Australian parents choose arrangements where mothers provide the .. idence plus day-to-day responsibilities to one parent, in Family Law .. the law" many of these agreements are forced and unfulfilling to at ..


Department for Child Protection - Western Australia - Frequently ..


I have never had children of my own, does this mean I can't parent a foster child? .. Fostering is an arrangement where a family or an individual cares .. The questions relate to your family background, parenting and other .. Foster carers are not the parent of the child and do not have parental responsibility ..


Response to Family Law Amendment (Family Violence) Bill


them from parental conflict and prevents them from feeling responsible .. better informed and more durable parenting arrangements. 1 Parkinson, Cashmore ..


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When agreement is reached. You can .. Made into a Parenting Plan, or .. How you will share parental responsibility, such .. your arrangements will be resolved ..


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Lawyers

and family dispute resolution practitioners: achieving the child-focused ideal in practice .. child contact arrangements following parental separation remain dominated by .. Family violence and the Shared Parental Responsibility Act ..


Elspeth McInnes Home Page


'The Effect of Family Violence on Post-Separation Parenting Arrangements'. .. Experiences Before and After the 2006 Reforms' Australian Family Lawyer Vol. .. ViolenceCome Together,'Paper given at the Shared Parental Responsibility in .. to the Inquiry into child custody arrangements in the event of family separation', ..


thematic review 2


care parenting arrangements since the 2006 family law reforms: report to the .. exception to shared parental responsibility, aNU college of Law research Paper no. .. Parkinson P, webster a & cashmore J 2010, 'Lawyers' interviews with clients about .. agreements and less adversarial court trials, as well ..


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recommendations to Attorney-General about the Family .. framing of court- ordered parenting arrangements .. Equal shared parental responsibility = equal time ..


ChAptER 7: Legal issues


she felt pressured by her lawyer to agree: .. shared parental responsibility, possibly leading to more equal time spent with each parent. .. time parenting arrangements had been determined by the court, and then having ex-partners fail to meet .. delaying agreements regarding property, impacting on optimal selling dates ..


ROSA: REASONABLE PRACTICABILITY AND A CHILD'S BEST ..


by C TURNBULL - LLB (QUT); Acc Spec (Fam) Senior Associate, Journey Family Lawyers. .. to have equal shared parental responsibility for the child; and .. Parliament, Every Picture Tells a Story: Report on the Inquiry into Child Custody Arrangements in ..


UNDERSTANDING YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS


of Attorney and an. Enduring .. pArentIng. Donor insemination. Self-insemination. S elf-insemination. – restrictions on ... Details of domestic arrangements .. parental responsibility for the child. There is .. lawyers to the agreement. dividing ..


Dr Becky Batagol - Researcher Profile - Monash University


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The effect of family violence on post-separation parenting arrangements: the .. (Shared Parental Responsibility) Bill 2005, Australian Journal of Family Law, vol .. to the Child Custody Arrangements Inquiry, Attorney-General's Department, ..


SOCIAL SCIENCE OR 'LEGO- SCIENCE'? PRESUMPTIONS ..


by ZOE RATHUS - - It is not possible to explore the literature about shared parental responsibility in .. Child Custody Arrangements in the Event of a Family Separation (2003) 27, 41–2. .. Attorney-General, the Hon Daryl Williams MP and the Minister for Children ..


Understanding victims of violence - Australian Domestic and Family ..


In 2006, major changes primarily focused on custody arrangements were introduced .. the safety when dealing with parenting arrangements where violence is an issue .. At times, lawyers may deter women from raising issues of family violence ... lead to rebuttal of the shared-parental responsibility presumption, in spite of ..


The Attitudes of Separated Resident Mothers in Australia to Child ..


by E McInnes - Most contact arrangements are not resolved in court, but rather by agreements between parents (Family Court of Australia 2003) and there is evidence that many .. The Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility). Act 2005 ... Whilst lawyers were the most frequently nominated service, community centres ..


Shared Care Parenting Arrangements since the 2006 Family


Australian Government, Attorney-General's Department .. 5.4 Children's reactions to their parenting arrangements 116 ... were less likely to have come to those agreements via litigation than those in other arrangements. ... If there is equal shared parental responsibility, parents have a duty to consult, and to try to reach ..


Post-separation parenting | VOICE


The shared parenting laws central to the 2006 Family Law reforms are .. (or starting point) of 'equal shared parental responsibility'. .. Other changes were designed to encourage separated parents to reach agreements without recourse to .. say and what the next step is for shared parenting arrangements.


The New Family Dispute Resolution System: Reform Under the ..


by S Nicholls - 2007 - - the Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act 2006 (Cth). .. [1] A media release on the 10th May 2006 from Attorney-General Phillip .. into Child Custody Arrangements in the Event of Family Separation ..


Empirical Insights into Parental Attitudes and Children's Interests in ..


by RAE KASPIEW - - provisions in the Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act .. The Federal Attorney General's Department has responded with: Attorney .. Picture Tells a Story; Report on the Inquiry into Child Custody Arrangements in the ..


FAMILY LAW AMENDMENT (VALIDATION OF CERTAIN PARENTING


This decision casts doubt on the validity of certain parenting orders made or .. consider the reasonable practicability of the parenting arrangement without having to .. 10 to the Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act 2006, .. unnecessary for orders reflecting agreement between all interested parties.


This file was downloaded from: http://eprints.qut.edu.au/48228/


by D Cooper - 2010resolution, a significant proportion continue to consult lawyers. 7 .. 1 The reforms were introduced by the Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act 2006 (Cth). ... how to negotiate parenting arrangements in the "best interests" of their .. interest-based negotiated agreements with their former partners.


Newsletter 5


The Federal. Government's Family Law Violence Strategy (Attorney.. Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility). Act 2006. .. reach an agreement. The purpose of ... issues, advice on parenting arrangements after separation ..


FAMILY VIOLENCE AND FAMILY LAW IN AUSTRALIA


by D Bagshaw - 2010 - - necessarily represent the views of the Australian Attorney-General's Department. Requests ... The impact of family violence on parenting arrangements post-1995 and pre-2006 ........ 49 ... Section 9: the Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act 2006. .. Satisfaction with separation agreements .


Part B


- To alter the arrangements for the custody of children under the parenting order to .. Gray J, "International Child Abduction – What Can a Lawyer Do? .. s60CC(3)(c) willingness of each parent to facilitate and encourage a close and .. is an intentional failure to comply with the custody arrangements made under the order.


Middleton, Sarah --- "Time for a Change? Shared Parenting ..


by S Middleton - In July 2006, the Family Law (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act 2006 (Cth) ('the .. to promote parental involvement with children and arrangements for equal or .. wish to formalise their agreement by seeking parenting orders by consent. ... of the independent children's lawyer; repeal and replace the existing provisions ..


2004 - 2005 - 2006 THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH ..


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FAMILY LAW AMENDMENT (SHARED PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY) BILL 2005 .. on Behalf of the Government (Circulated by authority of the Attorney-General, .. arrangements in the event of family separation, Every Picture Tells a Story.


FAMILY LAW AMENDMENT (SHARED PARENTAL - AustLII


FAMILY LAW AMENDMENT BILL (SHARED PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY) BILL .. Family and Community Affairs (the FCAC) inquiry into child custody arrangements in .. the role and basis of appointment of independent children's lawyers.


PROF BELINDA FEHLBERG


Barrister & Solicitor, Supreme Court of Victoria, Barrister & Solicitor, 10-Aug-2004 .. institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements. .. Post-separation parenting arrangements, child support and property settlement: .. Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Bill (2005)(Show details) ..


Associate Professor Judith Cashmore AO - Sydney Law School ..


Cashmore, J & Parkinson, P, 'What Responsibility Do Courts Have to Hear .. Single, J, 'Parent's and Children's Views on Talking to Judges in Parenting Disputes in .. J, 'Adolescents' views on the fairness of parenting and financial arrangements .. Cashmore, J & Bussey, K, 'Perceptions of children and lawyers in care and ..


Shared Parental Responsibility Conference


Shared Parental Responsibility in Australian Family Law and the .. administrative (docket) arrangements and the Court‟s innovative. Child Responsive Program have reduced the potential for misinformation by parties and manipulation by lawyers. .. and to make a genuine effort to come to an agreement.


Rhoades, Helen --- "The Dangers of Shared Care Legislation: Why ..


by H Rhoades - - The Shared Parental Responsibility Act was designed to facilitate substantial, if not .. number of these arrangements are characterised by intense parental conflict, .. at 'the door of the court' by the parents' lawyers, and mediated agreements.


Contents


The Web of Abuse in Shared Parenting Arrangements .................... ... they had come to an agreement about the custody of their three children. .. Family Studies, the Child Support Agency, the Attorney General's Department, .. is entrenched conflict or substance abuse (Shared Parental Responsibility Bill, 2005).


FAMILY LAW AND THE SCHOOL


will outline arrangements that the court believes are in the best interests of the .. occur, parents reach agreement regarding those issues which are likely to have an .. parental responsibility are known as the components of parenting. 6.2 In order to ... of information to the lawyer or private inquiry agent must be provided ..


The Impact of Domestic Violence on Children: A Literature Review


Parenting arrangements and shared care of children post ... parental cooperation and responsibility in the separation process and increase the focus on the child's best interests. The federal Attorney-General commissioned several studies to .. parenting agreements, McIntosh and Chisholm (2008, p.


E Law: Same-Sex Relationships In Western Australia


by CN Kendall - - Agreements as to Purchase and Sale of the Property; Renovation, Alteration or .. When does the Enduring Power of Attorney come into effect? .. However, this type of ownership arrangement may prove impracticable and less desirable ... This parental responsibility does not alter if the parents divorce or separate, or alter ..


FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 - NOTES


Attorney-General's Department, Canberra .. Third party proceedings to set aside financial agreement . ... Arrangement of business of Court . ... Presumption of equal shared parental responsibility when making parenting ..


Publications - Staff Profile


15+ items – LLB · Alumni Publications · Archive · law@melbourne Archive ..








C. Millward, M. Campo and B. Fehlberg, 'Mothers who are liable to pay child ..

 


B. Fehlberg, C. Millward and M. Campo, 'Post-separation parenting ..

 



Australian Institute of Family Studies


by B SMYTH - separated parents charged with sharing parental responsibilities under the .. agreement in mediation (and thus had their parenting arrangement imposed on them by ... Williams, D., (Attorney-General) & Anthony, L. (Minister for Children and ..


Why a Rebuttable Presumption of Equal Time Should Not Be ..


"Equal time" in this submission refers to a family arrangement where children live with both parents, spending more or less equal time with each parent. .. Dr Joan Kelly, a supporter of shared residency, was quoted as saying, "Neither lawyers .. "parental responsibility" for a child, meaning each has the "duties, powers, ..


Enhancing inter-professional relationships in a changing family law ..


Most recently the Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) .. working relationships between family lawyers and family dispute resolution ... cost family dispute resolution and assist parents to agree on arrangements for their .. encourages parents to reach agreement and in doing so to regard the best ..


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by RM Field - 2006 - - Centralises The Role Of Lawyers As Advocates For Participants Who Are Victims .. 2 The Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Bill 2005 (Cth) .. Arrangements in the Event of Family Separation, December 2003, Canberra, ..


FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 - SECT 4 Interpretation


"child maintenance provisions" , in relation to a parenting plan, has the .. "debtor subject to a personal insolvency agreement" has the meaning given by section 5. .. "independent children's lawyer" for a child means a lawyer who represents the .. "parental responsibility" , in Part VII, has the meaning given by section 61B.


FAMILY LAW ACT 1975


Third party proceedings to set aside Part VIIIAB financial agreement 5. Debtor subject .. Arrangement of business of Court Division 3--Judges 22. Appointment .. Presumption of equal shared parental responsibility when making parenting orders 61DB. Application of .. Role of independent children's lawyer 68M. Order that ..


The changing landscape of family law: exploring the promises and ..


by A Graham - 2009 - - The support of the Australian Government's Attorney General's Department who ... complex matters such as parenting arrangements but that they should be part of ... introduction of the Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act .. services to separating families in order to help them facilitate agreement ..


Same Sex Law Reforms and notions of Parenthood


(c) Alexandra Harland. Senior Lawyer York Family Law .. for imperfect solutions as parental responsibility order is more limited that legal recognition as a parent. .. presumptions and declaration, status of children and substitute parent agreements ... conservative parenting arrangement should have been followed. Warnick ..


Parkinson, Patrick --- "Freedom of Movement in an Era of Shared ..


by IINATOR CASESOn the one hand, there is the right of a parent to live how and where he or she .. the High Court was in agreement in this case that freedom of movement had to .. of both parents in their children's lives, both as to parental responsibility and as to .. The case concerned parenting arrangements for two children aged 10 and 8 ..


An end to legal immunity for family and child mediators â•fi how and ..


by R Carroll - 2006 - The Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Bill 2005 (the Bill) .. Immunity is conferred by common law3 upon judges and upon lawyers in respect ... the parenting arrangements'.19 .. mediation, because agreements ..


RE PATRICK AND THE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF ..


by J MCCONVILL - - Lawyer, Allens Arthur Robinson, Melbourne; PhD (Law) Candidate, Deakin .. agreement with the mother and her partner ('the co-parent') to provide .. arrangements for the birth of Patrick (born on 11 September 1999) were kept secret ..


FAMILY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2006 (WA ..


In reaching agreement parents are encouraged to regard the best interests of the .. would be responsible for having all the necessary arrangements made and for ... impact on the capacity for both parents to exercise parental responsibility. ... be prepared or an independent children's lawyer for the child be appointed.


Parental responsibility - University of Sydney


- NB: the Family law Act (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act was introduced in July 2006. .. 69ZD parentage testing for international maintenance agreements .. (e) changes to the child's living arrangements that make it significantly more difficult for the child to spend time ...

ž the then Federal Attorney General stated that ..


[pic] Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act ..


Items 1 - 8 – Schedule 1-Shared parental responsibility Part 1-Amendments Family Law .. to the child's living arrangements that make it significantly more difficult for the .. to be independently represented by a lawyer in proceedings under this Part ... subsection 63C(1) Insert: (1A) An agreement is not a parenting plan for the ..


The Well Being of Children Following Parental Separation and ..


responsibilities adequately after the divorce (Bream and Buchanan, 2003), and when .. adjustment include parental cooperation (Whiteside, 1998), parents' ... interpersonal relationships, which is in agreement with the life course perspective .. Financial arrangements have an important impact on the economic and social ..


ReconfiXuring Post-Divorce Parenting in a Risk Society Panic


by S Berns - - single mothers, judges, lawyers, psychotherapists, child support enforcement agents .. parental responsibility, future parenting arrangements and, by the agree- ... specifically recommends that agreements and judicial decisions spell out ..


Newsletter 22, October 2005 Australian Domestic and Family ..


- As is usually the case, it is important for lawyers and other workers to ensure that .. the premise that parenting arrangements will be determined in the 'best interests of .. their legal entitlements and responsibilities and may enter into agreements or .. Use of the term 'equal shared' parental responsibility rather than the term ..


Separated fathers and the 'fathers' rights' movement


positive parenting and the well-being of women and children. .. although not universal, agreement that 'the system' makes it difficult for non-resident fathers. 2 .. finds that most children's living arrangements are finalised without the need for a Family Court order. ... Some fathers 'view their parental responsibilities as being ..


The changing status of children within family law from vision to reality?


change' in family law.5 The reforms were extensive and the then Attorney-. General .. The Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act 2006 (Cth), which .. is unambiguous: the facilitation of shared care parenting arrangements and .. participation, there is general agreement among scholars that it entails ..


FAMILY LAW AMENDMENT (SHARED PARENTAL - AustLII


FAMILY LAW AMENDMENT (SHARED PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY) BILL 2006 .. on Behalf of the Government (Circulated by authority of the Attorney-General, .. arrangements in the event of family separation, Every Picture Tells a Story.


Dr Becky Batagol, Monash Law


Lawyers and Family Dispute Resolution' (2008) 8 Queensland University .. of Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Bill 2005' (2005) .. Parliament of Australia to the Child Custody Arrangements Inquiry on ..


Paternal Pain - JCU


A recent reform to the Family Law Act, the Shared Parental Responsibility Act 2006, .. "Shared parenting is the solution, but then the lawyers, psychologists and .. shared custody arrangements is starting to show that this is unsettling for the ..


THE FAMILY DISPUTE RESOLUTION OF PARENTING MATTERS ..


by D Cooper - 2008 - - parties as either family lawyers or social scientists when discussing the legal and practical .. their own agreements about arrangements for their children. Effectively .. Act of shared parental responsibility: Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) s 61DA.


SURROGACY ACT 2010 - As at 7 June 2011 - Act 102 of 2010 ..


"parental responsibility", in relation to a child, means all the duties, powers, .. (2) An agreement that the parentage of a child is to be transferred to another person is .. arrangement to be raised by the intended parent or intended parents, or (c) ... of the child's birth parents and intended parents, or (c) the Attorney General.


FAMILY LAW AND THE SCHOOL


"Parenting plan" means an agreement in writing between the parents of a child that .. "Parental responsibility" means all the duties, powers, responsibilities and authority ... who are separated and are trying to locate their families or from solicitors, .. Q. If there is a shared residence arrangement which parent (a) receives ..


Post-separation parenting : News : The University of Melbourne


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separated parents to reach agreements without recourse to the legal system. .. "Shadow Attorney-General George Brandis claimed, after the release of the AIFS report, .. "The legal starting point is in fact equal shared parental responsibility for .. when shared parenting arrangements are mutually agreed to, while parents ..


Australian Families Research Bulletin


arrangements is an important task of family relationship workers. .. these programs very differently to parents who have voluntarily joined programs. Parent's .. not legal 'advice', to clients; and the drafting of workable parenting agreements. .. processes, service providers hold a responsibility in providing lawyers and their ..


Therapeutic Divorce: The Scope and Means of Implementing ..


the relationship and their respective lawyers who collaboratively negotiate to devise .. practice agreements and parenting plans.20 Non-legal professionals, .. the court and clients in determining an appropriate settlement arrangement and parenting .. perceptions of the equal shared parental responsibility presumption.52 ..


FAMILY LAW AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 2006 (NO. 1) (SLI NO ..


ISSUED BY AUTHORITY OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL .. 'Family counselling' is defined in the Shared Parental Responsibility Act as a process in ... with their agreements or who need to negotiate a change in an agreement. ... advice on parenting arrangements after separation or referral to other local family services.


Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse


CALD women tend to conflate lawyers, police and government departments as ... domestic violence clauses in Commonwealth Government agency agreements. .. have a diversity of parenting arrangements and responsibilities and supports .. extra help for single parents and for two parent families where one parent is on ..


FOMENTERS OF STRIFE, GLADIATORIAL CHAMPIONS OR ..


by DRB BATAGOL - - Popularly, lawyers are conceived of as relentlessly adversarial. .. system.3 The Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act 2006 (Cth) .. matrimonial property, finances and financial agreements (and not care of children),9. 3 .. from an adversarial approach to negotiating parenting arrangements after ..


Domestic Violence and Family Law *


by L Laing - - reach an agreement, with only five per cent of matters proceeding to a full hearing before .. contact arrangements in which there was no further violence or harassment. .. also emphasises parents' ongoing "parental responsibility" for children and .. impact of these reforms involved a survey of lawyers, mediators and family ..


FAMILY COURT ACT 1997


Presumption of equal shared parental responsibility when making parenting orders -- FLA s. .. Parenting plan may be varied or revoked by further written agreement -- FLA s. .. Role of independent children's lawyer -- FLA s. .. vary, discharge or suspend an existing order, injunction or arrangement under this Act -- FLA s.


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by B Batagol - 2003 - - parental responsibility of each parent does not diminish after determining a .. parenting arrangements encouraged under the present Act. It .. equal time agreements. ... a supporter of shared residency, was quoted as saying, 'Neither lawyers ..


Newsletter 40 editorial Welcome to the Autumn 2010 edition of the ..


On 28 January 2010, the Commonwealth Attorney-General, Robert McClelland, .. its work to introduce domestic violence provisions in enterprise agreements and .. the reforms to family law parenting arrangements and the family law system .. orders (and assessment of the presumption of shared parental responsibility).


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Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing, Attorney-General's Department, .. Presumption of equal shared parental responsibility when making parenting .. to parentage testing for purposes of an international agreement or arrangement ..


Family Law Reform Act 1995 : Can changing legislation change ..


by H Rhoades - Orders about day-to-day parental responsibility. 43 .. were child agreements before the Reform Act. Similarly, the vast majority of solicitors have .. generally more supportive than lawyers of shared parenting arrangements, and more likely ..


Professor Patrick Parkinson AM - Sydney Law School - The ..


His books include Family Law and the Indissolubility of Parenthood (2011), Tradition and .. Parkinson, P, "The Churches' Responsibility for Dealing with .. Cashmore, J & Parkinson, P, 'Parenting arrangements for young children: .. Views of Family Lawyers on Apprehended Violence Orders After Parental ..


Planning for the Future: Arrangements for the Assistance of People ..


by A Economics - - Intellectual Disabilities' and 'Against the Odds: Parents with Intellectual .. Lawyers have a responsibility to help to explain and utilise legal planning ... Transition occurred in the majority of cases because of parental death, ... for 30+ years': Institute of Health & Welfare (AIHS), 'Commonwealth / State Disability Agreement ..


Symposium Lesb and Gay parenting Final Report WEB


to his intention to parent, and the donor's name would not. .. a limited set of responsibilities and rights on the non-biological parents, .. Not only are same sex parenting arrangements deemed to be sub optimal, .. separating parents from the perspectives of lawyers, Family Court .. Surrogacy agreements are void in Vic ..


This is the author version published as: QUT Digital Repository: http ..


by TC Hutchinson - 2009 - a bad kid and I'll show you a lousy parent" : making parents responsible for youth crime in Australian and .. However, there is no universal agreement with this thesis of ... of policies, administrative arrangements, institutions and ideas in one political ... parenting" styles (Havemann) and the Solicitor General at that time ..


POST-SEPARATION PATTERNS OF PARENTING IN AUSTRALIA ..


by BS BA - 2005 - when developing or refining parenting arrangements after divorce. ... Figure 25. Level of agreement with the idea of "equal time" parenting by gender and residence .. parenting in favour of a presumption of "shared parental responsibility" ... relied on counsellors, lawyers or judges in the making of a decision or where the ..


Response to the Australian Government call for submissions on ..


children by those responsible for their care. .. jointly appropriated from the Attorney-General's Department (AGD) and the Department of .. Some families benefit from more intensive relationship coaching and parent coaching ... to reach agreement on issues relating to property, arrangements for children and parenting ..


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Post separation or divorce; Conflict around shared parenting responsibilities and .. Dispute Resolution Practitioner with the Attorney Generals Department. .. CHCFAM806B, Assist clients to develop parenting arrangements .. assisting in the development of parenting agreements or plans and property or asset agreements.


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Binding pre-nuptial agreements .. Collected reports., Australian Government Attorney-General's Department. .. Parent-child contact and post-separation parenting arrangements (Research report no. .. Updated: 06 February 2012 / Responsible Officer: Pro Vice-Chancellor (R&GS) / Page Contact: Pro Vice-Chancellor ..


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by A ARDAGH - - Report on the Inquiry into Child Custody Arrangements in the Event of Family .. and Responsibilities of Lawyers in ADR' (Paper presented at the Negotiation and .. as well as preparing parents concerning the effect of conflict on children. ... The Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act 2006 (Cth) ..


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FAMILY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2006 (NO. 35 OF 2006)


Parenting

plan may be varied or revoked by further written agreement -- FLA s. .. Presumption of equal shared parental responsibility when making parenting orders .. representation of child's interests by independent children's lawyer 136. .. discharge or suspend an existing order, injunction or arrangement under this Act ..


Family Law Act Reform: the potential for screening and risk ..


- by R Braaf - - The Federal Government's Family Law Violence Strategy (Attorney General's Department .. The Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act 2006 .. to develop options, consider their alternatives and try to reach an agreement. .. parents and children benefit when parenting arrangements after separation ..


Newsletter 24 Autumn 2006 Australian Domestic and Family ..


- Dianne Hamey, Solicitor (Law Reform), Women's Legal Services New South Wales. .. of equal shared parenting responsibility must not be confused with the notion of .. as a result of mediated agreements through veiled coercion and intimidation, .. 4 s60B Pt V11 Objects Clause Shared Parental Responsibility Bill 2005 ..


TOPIC 5: PARENTING DISPUTES


- NB: the Family law Act (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act was introduced in July 2006. ... 69ZD parentage testing for international maintenance agreements ... what is in the best interests of the child, the arrangements that will promote the child's best interests [at 47] .. (7) INDEPENDENT CHILDREN'S LAWYER (ICL) ..


Grants - Sydney Law School - The University of Sydney


Project title: Family Lawyers and Child-Focused Dispute Resolution: Managing .. It will involve interviews with children and parents about agreements .. Project title: Provision of Research into Shared Care Parenting Arrangements Since the 2006 .. Shared parental responsibility is about parents having an equal role in ..


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Children Exposed to Domestic Violence: Whose 'Best Interests' in ..


by AS Hart - 2006 - - 8.4.2 The regulation of the responsibilities of parenthood. 205 ... Parental Responsibility Act 1982 that gives preference in residence disputes to the .. Judges and lawyers disserve both themselves and the legal system unless they .. parenting arrangements within three registries of the FCA and within a community based ..


FAMILY LAW AMENDMENT BILL 1999 Explanatory Memorandum


(Circulated by authority of the Attorney-General, .. remove the capacity for parties to a financial agreement to vary such an .. These programs are designed to assist people to resolve disputes about their parenting responsibilities with the aim of .. current arrangements made between the Commonwealth and the States and ..


Lesbian parents reconciling work/family responsibilities


captures the complexity of lesbian parent circumstances the ability to .. were made to ensure the sharing of parental responsibilities, rights and ... were able to negotiate their preferred return to work arrangement. .. Many came to 'agreements' with employers after considerable negotiation and .. Then one lawyer said ..


Surrogacy Act 2010 No 102


(c) an agreement that the custody of, or parental responsibility for, a child is to .. (2) If there are 2 intended parents under the surrogacy arrangement, the application ... (d) if the Attorney General made the application—the Attorney. General, ..


Summer program units 2011/2012 - QUT Students


Family lawyers are most often engaged in matters involving future arrangements for children and financial issues, such as property settlement, ..


Surrogacy Bill 2009 Surrogacy Bill 2009 Explanatory Notes ..


The Department of Justice and Attorney-General conducted a review of the .. the birth mother will permanently relinquish her parental responsibilities for the child's .. Without the registration of the intended parent/s as the parents of the child, the .. manner ensures that agreement to the arrangement is more fully informed.


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into custody arrangements with violent and abusive parents, statistics confirmed by .. In countless cases, known sex offenders and violent parents with criminal .. Key Decision Makers - Attorney General, Family Court judges, lawyers who .. The creation of resources to enlist parental involvement in spreading the word.


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lawyer, came from private legal practice in Wellington. .. agreements as a mechanism for community participation in health policy: understanding process and .. family transitions project – Post-separation parenting arrangements and .. where the Family law amendment Shared Parental Responsibility act 2006 has led ..


1 UTS Speaks Associate Professor Anita Stuhmcke 29 October 2008 ..


children born as a result of surrogacy arrangements. .. Standing Committee of Attorneys-General resolved to consider working towards national .. for residence, contact or parental responsibility, this can be done by consent with .. ACT: Parentage Act 2004 (refers to a substitute parent agreement, it is an ..


rtf - Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearing House - UNSW


by L Laing - - The Reform Act also emphasises parents' ongoing "parental responsibility" for .. a survey of lawyers, mediators and family counsellors; interviews with Family ..


Making Parents Responsible - AustLII


by T Hutchinson - responsibility beg the questions of why have parental responsibility laws of one sort or .. on the parents when a juvenile crime occurred; however, agreement with blaming ... of policies, administrative arrangements, institutions and ideas in one political ... parenting" styles (Havemann) and the Solicitor General at that time ..


NSW Government Supports Parent Engagement Initiative


On Tuesday 20 July at Swaab Attorneys, the NSW Minister for Education and Training, the Hon. .. Parent?s and Citizens; the NSW Parents? Council has secured the services of several eminent academics, led .. agreement: Ken Deacon, Fed. of P&C‟s, .. solving themselves of the respon- .. arrangement, by a further year ..


E Law: FOR LOVE OR MONEY - THE LEGAL REGULATION OF ..


by A Stuhmcke - - Surrogate arrangements may be made with or without payment to the .. In the Australian Capital Territory the Substitute Parent Agreements Act 1994 ("the Act") .. who does not intend to be a party to a substitute parent agreement to procure .. of a joint meeting of Commonwealth and State ministers responsible for Health ..


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Lawyers

and family dispute resolution practitioners: achieving the child-focused ideal in practice .. child contact arrangements following parental separation remain dominated by .. Family violence and the Shared Parental Responsibility Act ..


Elspeth McInnes Home Page


'The Effect of Family Violence on Post-Separation Parenting Arrangements'. .. Experiences Before and After the 2006 Reforms' Australian Family Lawyer Vol. .. ViolenceCome Together,'Paper given at the Shared Parental Responsibility in .. to the Inquiry into child custody arrangements in the event of family separation', ..


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care parenting arrangements since the 2006 family law reforms: report to the .. exception to shared parental responsibility, aNU college of Law research Paper no. .. Parkinson P, webster a & cashmore J 2010, 'Lawyers' interviews with clients about .. agreements and less adversarial court trials, as well ..


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recommendations to Attorney-General about the Family .. framing of court- ordered parenting arrangements .. Equal shared parental responsibility = equal time ..


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ROSA: REASONABLE PRACTICABILITY AND A CHILD'S BEST ..


by C TURNBULL - LLB (QUT); Acc Spec (Fam) Senior Associate, Journey Family Lawyers. .. to have equal shared parental responsibility for the child; and .. Parliament, Every Picture Tells a Story: Report on the Inquiry into Child Custody Arrangements in ..


UNDERSTANDING YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS


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Dr Becky Batagol - Researcher Profile - Monash University


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The effect of family violence on post-separation parenting arrangements: the .. (Shared Parental Responsibility) Bill 2005, Australian Journal of Family Law, vol .. to the Child Custody Arrangements Inquiry, Attorney-General's Department, ..


SOCIAL SCIENCE OR 'LEGO- SCIENCE'? PRESUMPTIONS ..


by ZOE RATHUS - - It is not possible to explore the literature about shared parental responsibility in .. Child Custody Arrangements in the Event of a Family Separation (2003) 27, 41–2. .. Attorney-General, the Hon Daryl Williams MP and the Minister for Children ..


Understanding victims of violence - Australian Domestic and Family ..


In 2006, major changes primarily focused on custody arrangements were introduced .. the safety when dealing with parenting arrangements where violence is an issue .. At times, lawyers may deter women from raising issues of family violence ... lead to rebuttal of the shared-parental responsibility presumption, in spite of ..


The Attitudes of Separated Resident Mothers in Australia to Child ..


by E McInnes - Most contact arrangements are not resolved in court, but rather by agreements between parents (Family Court of Australia 2003) and there is evidence that many .. The Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility). Act 2005 ... Whilst lawyers were the most frequently nominated service, community centres ..


Shared Care Parenting Arrangements since the 2006 Family


Australian Government, Attorney-General's Department .. 5.4 Children's reactions to their parenting arrangements 116 ... were less likely to have come to those agreements via litigation than those in other arrangements. ... If there is equal shared parental responsibility, parents have a duty to consult, and to try to reach ..


Post-separation parenting | VOICE


The shared parenting laws central to the 2006 Family Law reforms are .. (or starting point) of 'equal shared parental responsibility'. .. Other changes were designed to encourage separated parents to reach agreements without recourse to .. say and what the next step is for shared parenting arrangements.


The New Family Dispute Resolution System: Reform Under the ..


by S Nicholls - 2007 - - the Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act 2006 (Cth). .. [1] A media release on the 10th May 2006 from Attorney-General Phillip .. into Child Custody Arrangements in the Event of Family Separation ..


Empirical Insights into Parental Attitudes and Children's Interests in ..


by RAE KASPIEW - - provisions in the Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act .. The Federal Attorney General's Department has responded with: Attorney .. Picture Tells a Story; Report on the Inquiry into Child Custody Arrangements in the ..


FAMILY LAW AMENDMENT (VALIDATION OF CERTAIN PARENTING


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