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Provisions of the Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Bill 2005 24 March 2006 © Commonwealth of Australia 2006 ISBN 0 642 71626 9

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Members of the Legislation Committee	(PDF 19KB)
Recommendations	(PDF 14KB)
Chapter 1 - Introduction	(PDF 25KB)
Introduction and referral of bill Conduct of the Inquiry Purpose of the bill Note on references Background to the bill
Chapter 2 - Outline of the Bill	(PDF 27KB)
Chapter 3 - Key Issues	(PDF 160KB)
Introduction Parenting time v parental responsibility A presumption of parental responsibility Equal parental responsibility v joint parental responsibility Determining the best interests of the child Equal time or substantial and significant time parenting arrangements Parenting Plans Definition of 'family violence' Costs orders for false allegations Certify that a 'genuine effort' has been to resolve a dispute Access to, and costs of, dispute resolution services Development of accreditation regulations Amendments only to apply to future applications Amendments relating to the conduct of child-related proceedings Independent Children's Lawyer The relationship between family violence orders and parenting orders
Dissenting Report by the Australian Labor Party	(PDF 18KB)
Dissenting Report by the Australian Democrats and the Australian Greens	(PDF 42KB)
Dissenting Report by Family First	(PDF 28KB)
Appendix 1 - Submissions received and Tabled Documents	(PDF 19KB)
Appendix 2 - Witnesses who appeared before the Committee	(PDF 11KB)
Canberra, 3 March 2006

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Email:	legcon.sen@aph.gov.au