Dear Ac and Paul,

As Jane Miller pointed out in the earlier article
that I cited earlier - our family law system
should be over hauled because it has become
outdated and inefficient in the delivery of timely
justice. Society has outgrown it but more than
that - sadly there is not legal solution that is
wholly capable of fixing what are in fact social
problems - hurt, deception, betrayal, conflict,
can't be healed by a legal band-aid.

To overcome this as Miller points out our legislators
must be astute, sophisticated thinkers, well-informed about
the tremendous complexities and diversity of family law.

They must be attuned to the evolution of the family unit which
judging from past experience will continue to develop in
ways we can't even contemplate today.

Our family law system will need to change, respond and move
with changes within our families and within society
as a whole.

That's a big ask - especially considering who is chairing
the new inquiry. Therein lie the concerns that so many
have expressed.

Also, the fact that we've already had numerous inquiries
and recommendations to which the government has
not responded is not a good sign.

This new inquiry may simply be just another whose
recommendations will sit somewhere on the shelves - with
no action taken.

We can only hope that this inquiry will turn out to be
a much- needed first step towards a system that helps
rather than hurts families.

As I stated previously - to continue to do nothing is
not an option. The system is broken and needs fixing.

Mr O so you think only Muslims wed more than once
Live in a card board box do you
Now in his 70,s the man is my brother have 5 of them,all have wed more than once

The Magistrates Courts used to adjudicate Family matters.

The Family Court making decisions in secret without the litigants knowledge.
Young people with no real life experience are deciding the futures of families.
Court Councillors or social workers advise the family Court judges after a ten minute interview with one of the litigants.
Inflammatory statements such as "you will only be denied access to your children for a few years and you will probably see them when they are grown up,If they want to see you then."
Since the Family Court started in Australia.
Fatherless children have become the norm not an exception.
Bring back the Magistrates who understand families not the well paid professional Family Court judges.

Foxy,

The Metoo movement has successfully pushed that a woman's word should be accepted without question with the result that in many contested divorces a claim of DV is used to separate a father from his children with zero actual evidence.

The issue is not whether the man should prove his innocence, but whether a woman should provide evidence that DV has actually occurred.

Shadow Minister,

I think that broken bones, smashed faces, - dead bodies,
eye witnesses and doctor's and police
reports speak for themselves. As do the current statistics.

'I think that broken bones, smashed faces, - dead bodies,
eye witnesses and doctor's and police
reports speak for themselves'

you forget the number of men who neck themselves Foxy. They also count.