Family Court Rewrite Submission - Family Works Northern [pdf, 415 KB]
...application for a parenting order, unless there are risks and safety issues attached. To move away from this approach which was introduced in 2014, would be to shift away from the model of best practice which now exists in almost every Western Family Justice jurisdiction, in one form or another. We understand and respect the significant weight, power and mana of the Family Court, and the desire for an angry, hurting or aggrieved party to have ‘their day in court’. Research and...