Children with disabilities experience increased vulnerability than most children and the intersectionality of risk factors present for these children may have an overlay of issues with how carers and systems are set up to help them. Instead of being seen as a young person who needs support, children with disabilities are more likely to be subject to child protection claims and out of home care as their behavior is viewed as the problem. This may result in carers feeling as though they have no...
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Children with disabilities experience increased vulnerability than most children and the intersectionality of risk factors present for these children may have an overlay of issues with how carers and systems are set up to help them. Instead of being seen as a young person who needs support, children with disabilities are more likely to be subject to child protection claims and out of home care as their behavior is viewed as the problem. This may result in carers feeling as though they have no...
Birth and Death of the Presumption of Equal Shared Parental Responsibility – moving towards or away from a Best Interests Model
Best Interests Children's Law Podcast
37 minutes
1 year ago
Birth and Death of the Presumption of Equal Shared Parental Responsibility – moving towards or away from a Best Interests Model
In an effort to promote a simpler family law system and safer outcomes for families and children, the Federal government has proposed a suite of changes to the Family law Act, one of which is the abolition of the ‘presumption of equal shared parental responsibility”. But what is the ‘presumption of equal shared parental responsibility’? How did it come about? What happened between 2006, when it was first introduced, and 2023 that has prompted its abolition? And what will replace it? Show No...
Best Interests Children's Law Podcast
Children with disabilities experience increased vulnerability than most children and the intersectionality of risk factors present for these children may have an overlay of issues with how carers and systems are set up to help them. Instead of being seen as a young person who needs support, children with disabilities are more likely to be subject to child protection claims and out of home care as their behavior is viewed as the problem. This may result in carers feeling as though they have no...
