Family Court
Report
Improvements in family law proceedings: second interim report
This report outlines a series of recommendations, including the implementation of procedures to enable the investigation of claims of a party wilfully misleading the Family Court, and the accreditation of professionals in the family law system. There are also a series of recommendations about making the family law system less adversarial.
Report
Improvements in family law proceedings: interim report
This interim report outlines the current progress on the inquiry into potential reforms to Australia's family law system.
Report
Parenting arrangements after separation study: evaluating the 2014 family law reforms
This research report focuses on data collected by the online surveys and the interview data relating to family justice services. It provides a broad overview of all of the major descriptive findings about parents' and caregivers' experiences of, and views on, making parenting arrangements and their use of any family justice services to help achieve...
Discussion paper
COVID-19 and separated families
The focus of this paper is the approximately 650,000 separated families, and the 1.3 million children affected by these separations in Australia. For these families too, it is likely that COVID-19 will amplify both the opportunities and the dangers.
Report
Parenting arrangements after separation: evidence summary
Over the past ten years, the Australian Institute of Family Studies has conducted several large-scale studies involving nationally representative samples of separated parents. This paper highlights the findings relating to parenting arrangements after separation.