Regulatory Impact Statement Family Court Review [pdf, 174 KB]
...responsibility for resolving parenting disputes and make the family justice system more accessible, efficient and effective. Status quo 5. The Family Court was established as a division of the District Courts in 1981. The Family Court has specialist Judges and refers parties to support services, including social workers, child psychologists, counsellors, and mediators. The Court has a therapeutic function as well as a court’s traditional adjudicative function and many cases th...