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}}When a couple involved in a family law dispute has children, they must make decisions about four important issues: where the children <span class="noglossary">will</span> live, how parenting decisions <span class="noglossary">will</span> be made, how often each parent <span class="noglossary">will</span> see the children, and how the children <span class="noglossary">will</span> be provided for. This chapter reviews the first three of these issues in detail. The fourth issue is covered in the [[Child Support]] chapter.
}}When a couple involved in a family law dispute has children, they must make decisions about four important issues: where the children <span class="noglossary">will</span> live, how parenting decisions <span class="noglossary">will</span> be made, how often each parent <span class="noglossary">will</span> see the children, and how the children <span class="noglossary">will</span> be provided for.  


This section 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.  Other legal issues relating to children, such as family violence, naming and adoption, are discussed in the chapter [[Other Family Law Issues]].
This chapter reviews the first three of these issues in detail. The fourth issue is covered in the [[Child Support]] chapter.
 
This introductory section provides an overview of 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.   
 
Other legal issues relating to children, such as family violence, naming and adoption, are discussed in the chapter [[Other Family Law Issues]].


==Introduction==
==Introduction==
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