Evaluation of the 2006 family law reforms

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28 January 2010In 2006 the Attorney-General's Department and the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs commissioned AIFS to conduct an evaluation of the 2006 changes to the Australian family law system.

The evaluation has involved the collection of data from some 28,000 people involved or potentially involved in the family law system—including parents, grandparents, family relationship service staff, clients of family relationship services, lawyers, court professionals and judicial officers—and the analysis of administrative data and court files. This evaluation provides a more extensive evidence base about the use and operation of the family law system in Australia (and arguably internationally) than has previously been available.

The report was released in January 2010.

Authors: Rae Kaspiew, Matthew Gray, Ruth Weston, Lawrie Moloney, Kelly Hand, Lixia Qu and the Family Law Evaluation Team.

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Permanent URLhttp://apo.org.au/node/20276
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