1: Shared Parenting Laws Mis-Represented by ex-Judge Richard Chisholm | October 23, 2014

Retired Family Court judge Richard Chisholm has written a blueprint for overhauling Australia’s Family Law Act recommending the removal of Shared Parenting as a potential outcome in Family Law Court proceedings…

Catchwords: 2012 Family Violence Amendments, Equal Shared Parental Responsibility, Evaluation of the 2006 Family Law Reforms, Family Courts Violence Review, Family Law Act, Family Law Act 1975, Family Law Reform Act of 1995, Improving Responses to Family Violence in the Family Law System, Parental Responsibility, Part VII of the Family Law Act, Presumption of Equal Shared Parental Responsibility, Shared Parenting, Sole Custody, Spends time with, Substantial and Significant Time

2: Separated parents: Children under four and overnight stays | July 4, 2014

The idea that young children under four should not spend any nights away from their primary attachment figure usually the mother, is a hotly contested idea.

English parenting guru Penelope Leach has quoted Australian researchers in her new book about separated families, but the researchers say they are unhappy with her interpretation of their research.

What does this Australian research actually say and how is it being used in the Family Court?..

Catchwords: Child Custody Dispute

3: Family law reform outcome not as expected | September 17, 2013

Separated families in Australia are living with less parental conflict, an outcome likely to have been brought about by increased relationship services, not parenting time arrangements…

Catchwords: Shared Parenting

4: Family law unable to back mum on new life | March 9, 2010

A CHILD’S right to a meaningful relationship with his or her father trumps a woman’s right to pursue personal happiness after divorce, according to the latest ruling on the matter by a Family Court magistrate. ..

Catchwords: Family Law Courts, Precedent, Relocation, Shared Parental Responsibility Amendment 2006

5: High Court rejects shared parenting plan | March 3, 2010

A court order requiring a Sydney mother and Mount Isa father to share parenting of their seven-year-old might have been in the child’s best interests, but it just wasn’t feasible, the High Court has ruled. ..

Catchwords: Child Custody, Family Law Courts, Precedent, Shared Parenting

6: No 50-50 split on time with parents | February 23, 2010

THE Full Court of the Family Court has clarified what it means by “shared care” for children after divorce, and it isn’t a 50-50 time split between parents. ..

Catchwords: Family Law Courts, Precedent, Substantial and Significant Time, Substantial and Significant Time