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Parallel parenting is not a term you will find in the ''Family Law Act'' or in the ''Divorce Act''. It too is a creation of the courts.
Parallel parenting is not a term you will find in the ''Family Law Act'' or in the ''Divorce Act''. It too is a creation of the courts.


==Reports and Assessments==
==Reports and assessments==


Parents, guardians and the court sometimes need help in deciding what is in the best interests of the children and need to get someone else's input, which might be from a psychologist, counsellor or social worker, or from the children themselves. The two most common was of doing this are through ''needs of the child assessments'', which used to be called "section fifteen reports" or "custody and access reports", or though ''views of the child reports''.  
Parents, guardians and the court sometimes need help in deciding what is in the best interests of the children and need to get someone else's input, which might be from a psychologist, counsellor or social worker, or from the children themselves. The two most common was of doing this are through ''needs of the child assessments'', which used to be called "section fifteen reports" or "custody and access reports", or though ''views of the child reports''.