AIFS Research - Current research projects
Family Law: Understanding Contact Disputes
- Duration: 2004-09
- Funding source(s): AGD; Appropriation
- Partner organisations(s): Sydney Law School, University of Sydney
- Related themes: Families and work*, Family transitions and family law**, Children, young people and their families**
- Related project(s): Family Law: Experiences of Parents and Children After Family Court Decisions About Relocation; Family Law Reform Evaluation
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* Indicates theme(s) to which the project has some relevance
The aim of the Understanding Contact Disputes project is to gain insight into the prevalence of parental disputes about contact and the dynamics and trigger events that lead to disputes on contact that escalate into legal conflict.
The research design involves:
(a) a series of focus groups with family law professionals who work with parents in dispute about contact;
(b) face-to-face interviews with separated parents who have been in dispute about their parenting arrangements; and
(c) telephone interviews with a national random sample of separated parents.
For more information about family relationships and breakdown, visit the Australian Family Relationships Clearinghouse.
More information about the evaluation of the family law reforms.
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