In the media

A BBC news report about changes to the rules in the UK to provide children the right to maintain meaningful relationships with both parents after separation and divorce. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16865916

A recent report on post-separation parenting to the attorney general recommended children under two years should not have overnight time away from the primary care-giver unless it’s necessary. In high conflict cases before the family court, no overnight care is appropriate before … Continue reading →

An article from The West Australian which features some interesting statistics on the complexity and variety of modern romantic relationships, and the value people place on their relationship with their children. children-at-heart-of-our-complex-relationships

What has been largely missing from the same-sex marriage debate is a consideration of the rights of children.  A recent study by Lixia Qu and Ruth Weston of the Australian Institute of Family Studies analysed data collected on almost 5000 children across Australia, from … Continue reading →

From The Guardian in the UK, about the recently released The Family Justice Review report dashing hopes of groups such as Fathers 4 Justice.  ”Fathers who have gone through divorce or separation will not be granted a legal right to … Continue reading →

DIVORCING parents who moved to Canberra so their former spouses could further their careers are finding it often difficult to move back home when they split up, family law experts have said.  Director of Consensus Family Lawyers in Canberra, Juliette … Continue reading →

THE well-being of Australia’s children and young people has declined alarmingly in the past decade – and plunging marriage rates are partly to blame, a major study has found. Its author, Patrick Parkinson, professor of law at the University of … Continue reading →

Two fathers who experienced the “nightmare” of having their sons taken from Australia by former partners have urged the federal government to make the act a crime. Lauchlan Leishman and Ken Thompson fronted a Senate committee in Canberra on Friday, … Continue reading →

A FOUR-year old girl who had been informally given to a Sydney couple under a traditional Samoan adoption arrangement should return to her parents in Samoa, the Family Court has ruled. …the case raised wider issues about the entry of … Continue reading →

“READERS who have followed Natasha Wallace’s reports of the District Court case dealing with the birth certificate of a 10-year-old girl conceived by artificial insemination could be forgiven for wondering if the world has gone slightly insane. How can a … Continue reading →