To fix the family law system, we need to ask parents what really works
- Written by Rae Kaspiew, Senior Research Fellow, Australian Institute of Family Studies

As Family Court Chief Justice Will Alstergren said late last year, when people separate, it can be “a shocking time in their lives”. This is particularly so when parents face each other in court.
Australia’s family law system has been the subject of many inquiries and studies. Just last year, the government announced a...