Following is a list of 10 common misconceptions about Shared Parenting in Australia, that have been circulated so broadly that they are on the whole accepted as truth, but are none-the-less little more than exceptions, equivocations or categorical falsehoods…

Court Orders include Parenting Orders, Consent Orders and Financial Orders. Once an Order is made, each party affected by the Order must comply with it. But what can one do in the event of a breach of Court Orders or an AVO?..

More generally, this article aims to create a greater awareness of the different types of family violence that are now considered by the family law courts as family violence. This includes a range of behaviours that most people would not typically consider to be a form of ‘physical assault’ or a ‘threat’ of violence…

There are numerous family law experts and family law lobby groups who have been relied upon to provide advise and recommendations to the Australian government on family law reforms…

Family violence is defined in the Family Law Act as “violent, threatening or other behaviour by a person that coerces or controls a member of the person’s family, or causes the family member to be fearful”- how does the psychology industry view such definition? ..

Government support services and resources have traditionally assumed that domestic violence victims are female and perpetrators male. Thus while many services have been established to meet the needs of female victims, the needs of male victims remain largely unmet…

There are a few major agencies that influence on reforming the law, these are the Law Reform Commissions, the Parliament and its Committees, the media, and the non-government organisations…

It is clear that the Family Law Act has evolved since its creation in 1975. This can be explained by the constant change and wide variety of family structures. No family is the same and no family is perfect. There will always be a difficulty to provide a single concept of law and apply it universally. However, there has been a gradual movement towards equality for all family units, regardless of its composition…

From 7th June 2012, however, section117AB was removed from the Family Law Act via the Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Act 2011(‘Family Violence Act’). Why was section 117AB removed?..