Difference between revisions of "Children and Parenting after Separation"

When a couple involved in a family law dispute has children, they must make decisions about four important issues: where the children will live, how parenting decisions will be made, how often each parent will see the children and how the children will be provided for. This chapter will review the first three of these issues in detail. The fourth issue is covered in the Child Support chapter.

This page provides an introduction to the law on the care of children after separation, and looks at traditional and developing concepts in this area of the law. It also discusses the rights and interests that grandparents and other non-parents might have in respect of someone else's children. Other legal issues relating to children, such as family violence, naming and adoption, are discussed in the chapter on [[Other Family Law Issues]].