A Labor MP is pushing for the Federal Government to examine whether separated parents should be forced to provide proof of how they spend their child support payments…

What is Sharia law? Dr Jamila Hussain, a research associate at the University of Technology Sydney told SBS, Sharia encompasses all aspects of a Muslim’s life…

The spate of cases raises questions about the legal rights a child born to an overseas surrogate has in Australia, and what rights Australians who engage in surrogacy agreements have in Thailand and other countries..

The Attorney-General, George Brandis, has released the Family Law Council’s report on Parentage and the Family Law Act, which calls for a coordinated international response to the issue of overseas surrogacy arrangements…

Let’s hope that unlike the Family Court, the Department for Child Protection can protect both these children without resorting bizarre ideologies on child welfare that can ultimately forget that children are also part of families…

Under new proposals child support would be paid to single parents regardless of whether the other parent contributes..

In submission to the government’s current Child Support Inquiry, the Commonwealth Ombudsmen has catalogued a series of “systemic problems” in Australia’s child support system…

In light of the staggering costs of divorce to the national economy in government assistance payments and court costs, Social Services Minister Kevin Andrews said he will act to establish an expert panel on early intervention, examine strategies to lower the divorce rate and better identify and assist vulnerable children and young people…

Separated parents should not miss out on child support payments if the other parent fails to pay their way, a Tasmanian academic has urged the federal government’s child support Inquiry…

A LAW that forces married couples to divorce if one partner changes sex is “cruel” and should be axed, according to Greens upper house MP from both NSW and South Australia…