TY - JOUR PY - 2019// TI - Family Law Court orders for supervised contact in custodial disputes - unanswered questions JO - Children Australia A1 - Schindeler, Emily SP - 194 EP - 201 VL - 44 IS - 4 N2 - The focus of this study was on the application of orders for supervised access made by the Australian Family Law Court in cases that involved conflicting claims by custodial and noncustodial parents. Based on accessible Court transcripts for the 28-month period ending in early 2019, 103 cases involving 172 children were identified in which orders required supervision for visitation and/or changeovers. The patterns found through thematic analysis suggest that there is a shift to increasing use of final orders involving supervision through child contact centers as either an indeterminate or permanent arrangement. This shift has significant implications for current models of supervised access/changeover, and a greater understanding in terms of the outcomes being achieved is required.

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LA - en SN - 1035-0772 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cha.2019.42 ID - ref1 ER -