Family law issues and schools : guidance for Australian educators
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2012
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A substantial number of Australian children are now living in separated families, with many moving between their parents’ homes. This has led to educators being confronted with an increasing number of family law issues. This article discusses the key aspects of family law that involve children. It highlights the need for schools to be aware of all family law orders that relate to children in their care, including family court, domestic violence and child protection orders. It also provides guidance in relation to how schools can adopt child focused approaches in some common scenarios, where parents are in dispute. In particular, we will recommend that educators take a child-focused approach, consistent with the principal provision of the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) that ‘the best interests of the child’ be the paramount consideration. We will highlight how this contrasts starkly with what can be described as a ‘parental rights’ interpretation, which has unfortunately been taken by some since the 2006 amendments to the Family Law Act, and is, in our view, directly at odds with the intention of the legislation. |
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application/pdf |
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Australia and New Zealand Education Law Association Ltd. |
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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/53043/1/Cooper%2C_Perkins%2C_Couper.pdf http://www.anzela.edu.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=5&Itemid=28 Cooper, Donna Maree, Perkins, Kylie, & Couper, Gary (2012) Family law issues and schools : guidance for Australian educators. International Journal of Law and Education, 17(1), pp. 23-38. |
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Faculty of Law; School of Law |
Palavras-Chave | #180113 Family Law #Family law and schools #Teachers and family law #Education and family law #Parenting law and schools #Family Law Act and schools |
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Journal Article |