Family lawyers advise on Family violence and parenting Orders made by the Family Court

Family violence and parenting Orders made by the Family Court

In many parenting cases under the Family Law Act, an allegation of family violence will be made.

An allegation of family violence will be subject to careful consideration by the Court.

A finding in respect to whether family violence did or did not occur can have a dramatic impact on the lives of the parties and, even more significantly, on the life of the child who is the subject of the proceedings.

If findings are made that family violence has occurred, there needs to be an investigation and consideration as to whether the child is able to spend time with the offending parent or carer in some structured way so as to promote the best interest of the child and to protect the child from harm or risk of harm.

The Court may consider that the child can be protected by supervised visits with the offending parent.

If the Court is considering unsupervised time between the offending parent and the child, the Court will consider whether or not unsupervised time would cause such a level of distress and anxiety in the other parent so as to sufficiently affect his/her parenting capacity.

Please contact Pittwater Family Lawyers at www.pittwaterfamilylawyers.com.au if you require any advice in a parenting matter or other family law matter. You can send an email to pittwaterfamilylawyers@gmail.com or telephone Kathy Chase on (02) 9918 6565 or 0418 285 307.

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