Statistics from the Australian Institute of Family Studies show that divorce has gone out of fashion this millennium, with the crude divorce rate falling from 2.8 per 1000 people in 2001 to 2.1 in 2013. The decline in divorce is particularly noticeable among couples aged 25-40.

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Solicitors who specialise in helping female victims of Domestic Violence have been providing free, clandestine legal support to suspected victims of family violence, in hospital settings, while they have been receiving treatment for suspicious injuries. ..

For a gay or lesbian individual, coming out as gay at the end of a heterosexual partnership can mean that he or she could be denied custody of the children from that partnership or face restrictions on visitation…

Contrary to the overwhelming perception in society, numerous studies and statistics recently published from a variety of disparate sources have indicated that women are more likely to be verbally and physically aggressive to their partners than men, and are increasingly participating in serious acts of violence against other men, women, the elderly and children…

CHILDREN in same-sex families experience higher quality parenting and do as well emotionally, socially and educationally as those from heterosexual couple families, research shows…

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…

CUTS to the nation’s 65 Family Relationship Centres have prompted more than half to reduce staffing and put families at risk. ..

ADOPTION has dropped to an all-time low, as prospective parents wait up to six years to give a home to a child from Asia…

MORE and more families are taking steps to confirm their children’s parentage. But experts say it doesn’’t have to be a negative and nasty experience. ..

The number of Canberra children who have been removed from abusive or neglectful parents is increasing, a new report says…