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Counsellors, Lawyers and Custody Disputes in the Family Courts
Author(s) -
Buddin Terry
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1978.tb01261.x
Subject(s) - child custody , project commissioning , legislature , family law , law , interpretation (philosophy) , judicial interpretation , political science , publishing , legislative history , sociology , computer science , programming language
The Family Law Act makes provision for the direct involvement of behavioural scientists in family breakdown situations, particularly in the area of custody disputes. This article describes the legislative scheme which is designed to facilitate that objective and, in addition, to evaluate the approach taken by the courts to the problems of interpretation which it has created. The article concludes with an analysis of that section of the act which enables a child, in appropriate circumstances, to be separately represented in custody matters.