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Shared Parenting Council


News Summary

14 May
Girls 'taken' before being deported to Italy

06 May
Child support payments secured by new investigation unit

04 May
Single parents to lose benefits

01 May
Child protection boosted

01 May
INTERNATIONAL PARENTAL CHILD ABDUCTION

26 Apr
Ex-lover punished for Facebook revenge

29 Mar
The fruits of litigation!

27 Mar
De Facto property laws pass parliament

03 Mar
Grandparents lose out again! Couple lose court battle to contact grandchildren

29 Feb
Family Court restructure Bill to be reintroduced

29 Feb
Government moves to provide certainty over de facto property court orders

22 Feb
Family Courts bungle casts doubt on de facto property settlements

29 Jan
Mum's hate campaign against stepmother reverses lives with parent

02 Jan
CSA new account statements imminent

28 Dec
Grandparents ignore State Government and CSA collect.

15 Dec
Separated parents should not share custody of babies or toddlers under two !

07 Dec
Federal Magistrates guidelines for litigants contacting FM's

30 Nov
Mother gets apology from court for removal of children

25 Nov
Shared care dead as mother stands firm on no access

25 Nov
NSW Minister Pru Goward out of step with Child Support Agency

24 Nov
The "Underlying" Truth of the Family Law Bill 2011

23 Nov
Labor Greens Creating a Fatherless Society

23 Nov
Family Law Bill - How they voted

23 Nov
Senate a disgrace passing Family Law Bill

05 Nov
CSA 2010-2011 Annual Quality Review issued

18 Oct
Mum ordered to pay back sterile 'dad'

18 Oct
Celebrate Grandparents Day  Sunday 30 October 2011 - NSW

25 Sep
ALRC (Australian Law Reform Commission) enquiry closes end of Sept

14 Sep
Shared care time: An increasingly common arrangement

07 Sep
Review of Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007

05 Sep
National Child Protection Week (4-11 September)

30 Aug
Ombudsman slams NSW child welfare

22 Aug
Senate committee reports back on Family Law Bill

19 Aug
Father's name stripped from birth certificate

23 Jul
Family Courts (FCA & FMCA) Family Violence Best Practice Principles guideline updated

15 Jul
Dad gets custody from mum who wouldn't let children grow up

15 Jul
 Divorce is a big deal even for adult children

12 Jul
Top 10 myths about Shared Parenting (Child Custody laws) in Australia

07 Jul
Book re DIY divorce: Navigating the court system

29 Jun
Cows are more important than children !

23 Jun
Senate sneaks through Child Support amendments

05 Jun
A presumption that every child wants the love of both parents in equal measure

02 Jun
Changes to the Family Law Regulations

31 May
Family Law Amendment  (Validation of certain parenting orders and other measures) BILL...

30 May
Minister for the Status of Women, Kate Ellis gets it wrong!

23 May
Japan finally moves to join Hague Convention

22 May
Minister McClelland on the short list to go

13 May
Protest Against DOCS - Chaos as man climbs Sydney Harbour Bridge

11 May
Budget - Strengthening Compliance for Child Support

03 May
Garry Foster appointed to Federal Magistrates Court Newcastle

26 Apr
Last chance to write a submission !

26 Apr
CSA tactics backfire as parents move overseas

25 Apr
one tries to kill her children; one writes a song about his

20 Apr
Family Court shake-up 'frightening' (NZ)

19 Apr
Together-apart: lifestyle choice that may have a family law catch

13 Apr
10 years jail for not reporting abuse (NZ)

27 Mar
Family Law Council enquiry into international child abduction.

26 Mar
Withhold sex but a criminal offence for men to withhold money.

25 Mar
Secretary SPCA comments on the Family Law Legislation Amendment Bill

25 Mar
Violence reforms families can trust! ... to



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Shared Parenting Council of Australia


The Shared Parenting Council of Australia was incorporated in September 2002 as a representative body for a range of Parent, Children, Church and Family Law Reform organisations who share the common purpose of prescribing in law, every child's fundamental human right to an equal opportunity and relationship with both their Mother and Father following parental separation or divorce.
The Shared Parenting Council has maintained a commitment to the primary principal that each parent shall facilitate and encourage a close relationship with children ensuring that children have the benefit of both of their parents having a meaningful involvement in their lives and is working to deliver real shared parenting time outcomes for children The Shared Parenting Council believes in the fundemental principal of a presumption of equal time notwithstanding the safety of children is paramount and the ability of one or other of the parents to support equal or substaintially equal time arrangements
If you or a member of your family is currently going through the Family Court system for residence or contact with a child, then you will be experiencing one of the most traumatic episodes in your life.

If you or a member of your family is currently going through the Family Court system for residence or contact with a child, then you will be experiencing one of the most traumatic episodes in your life.

Family Breakdown, separation and divorce have become increasingly common in Australia today, with an estimated 50,000 or more families per year experiencing the loss and devastation these life changing circumstances can bring.

Not only is there a loss to familial relationships with your partner and children involved, but very often great financial hardship that can last for years after the event.

The Shared Parenting Council of Australia is well aware of these hardships, and our representatives are experienced in all aspects of the Family Law process as it currently stands.

We have researchers, legal advisors and counsellors as part of our team and through our affiliate organisations can offer genuine assistance to individuals and families in crisis.

Many of you will be experiencing the potential loss of your parenting role through 'forced' divorce and how your once unfettered access to your children is suddenly curtailed by Orders made in the Family Court.

Grandparents too, can experience a termination of their developmental role in their grandchildren's lives, and we also cater services for all family members exposed to this process.

Your first feelings from a Family Court Order can involve disbelief, anger and frustration at what is often a gross injustice to you, as a parent, and to your child or children through this system.

We understand your grief and are working on solutions to these problems - but we too need your help.

Join the Shared Parenting Council of Australia today and together we can help bring about change to the system that is destroying our children's lives through enforced separation and parental deprivation.

Your need is urgent and new solutions are required. With a small contribution to our cause, we hope to bring about change to the system - and provide better outcomes for you and your family.

SPCA News & Articles

Girls 'taken' before being deported to Italy (14 May, 2012, 10:53 PM)
General
Four little girls at the centre of a custody dispute on the Sunshine Coast are "missing" tonight. The girls  all aged between nine and 15  were due to be deported to Italy to live with their father. But the mother claims that when she went to pick them up from school this afternoon  after the handover time was brought forward to 3pm today  they were already gone. Department of Communities officials refused to comment to Nine News.


Submitted by NineMSN


Child support payments secured by new investigati... (06 May, 2012, 08:54 PM)
Child Support
Employers who fail to pass on child support payments which they deduct from their employees wages, are the target of a new Gillard Government investigations unit. The Child Support Agency's Special Investigation s' unit has led to fines being imposed on employers of up to $30,000.00. Inquiries by the Special Investigations Unit had so far led to more than $500,000 in unpaid child support being paid up. The unit investigates employers who fail to provide information about employees, fail to deduct the required money from wages, or who deduct money but fail to pas it on.


Submitted by Secretary SPCA


Single parents to lose benefits (04 May, 2012, 10:04 PM)
General
As part of next Tuesday's Budget, Mr Swan will overhaul a measure introduced by the Howard government as an element of its welfare to work program. For a single parent with dependent children, the drop in welfare will be about $120 a fortnight. Single parents or carers who foster children, educate their children at home or through distance education, have very big families or care for a disabled child will be exempt. Eligible single parents currently receive a parenting payment of $648.50 a fortnight. The Newstart allowance for single parents is $529.80 a fortnight.


Submitted by The West Australian



Child protection boosted
01 May, 2012, 08:27 PM  

Ex-lover punished for Facebook revenge
26 April, 2012, 09:13 PM  

The fruits of litigation!
29 March, 2012, 09:43 PM  

De Facto property laws pass parliament
27 March, 2012, 12:48 AM  


Family Court restructure Bill to be reintroduced
29 February, 2012, 11:26 PM  


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