Reforming Child Support Laws

Joint Select Committee on Certain Family Law Issues, The Operation and Effectiveness of the Child Support Schemes (1994).

See the Terms of Reference to the Report of the Family Law Pathways Advisory Group, Out of the Maze: Pathways to the Future for Families Experiencing Separation (July 2001).

Ibid.

House of Representatives Standing Committee on Family and Community Affairs, Every Picture Tells a Story: Report on the Inquiry into Child Custody Arrangements in the Event of Family Separation (2003) xvii <www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/fca/childcustody/report.htm> at 2 February 2005.

‘Cautious Backing for Family Court Reform’, The World News, 30 December 2003 <www9.sbs.com.au/theworldnews/region.php?id=75876&region=7> at 2 February 2005.

Martin L , 'Custody Deal: Lawyer-Free Divorce, Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney), 30 December 2003 <www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/12/29/1072546473278.html?oneclick=true> at 2 February 2005.

See Recommendations 25–9.

See The Hon Larry Anthony MP, ‘Taskforce to Examine Child Support Scheme’ (Media Release, 16 August 2004) <www.csa.gov.au/release2.pdf> at 2 February 2005.

The Every Picture Report, above n 4, paras 6.163–6.174.

The Every Picture Report, above n 4, paras 6.175–6.181

The Every Picture Report, above n 4, para 6.191.

The most frequent comment made to the 1994 Joint Select Committee related to the formula being unfairly harsh (see above n 1, para 4.43).

Graycar R , ‘Law Reform by Frozen Chook: Family Law Reform for the New Millennium’ (2000) Melbourne University Law Review 737, 750.

Rhoades H Boyd S , ‘Reforming Custody Laws: A Comparative Study’ (2004) 2(18) International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family 119, 119–120.

Smyth B Weston R , ‘Financial Living Standards after Divorce: A Recent Snapshot’, (Research Paper No 23, AIFS, 2000) 19.

Child Support Scheme Facts and Figures 2002–03, <www.csa.gov.au/publications/ff03.pdf> at 2 February 2005.

See generally Percival R and A Harding , ‘AMP–NATSEM Income and Wealth Report: All they Need is Love hellip; and around $450,000’, Issue 3 (2002).

Australian Institute of Family Studies, ‘A Guide to Calculating the Costs of Children’ (2000).

With a total household income of $16,900.

Valenzuela R , ‘Costs of Children in Australian Households’ (1999) 53 Family Matters 71.

See for example the conclusions drawn in Silvey J Birrell B , ‘Financial Outcomes for Parents after Separation’ (2004) 12(1) Monash University Law Review.

Rhoades Boyd , above n 14, 20.

Crowley E C , The Politics of Child Support in America (2003) 192–3.

Ibid.

Smyth Weston , above n 15, fig 7.

Davis G Wikeley N , ‘National Survey of Child Support Agency Clients — The Relationship Dimension’ (2002) 32 Family Law 522, 524.

Ibid, 526.

Mandell D , Deadbeat Dads: Subjectivity and Social Construction (2002) 16.

Ibid, 232.

Ibid, 226.

Flood M , Fatherhood and Fatherlessness, (Discussion Paper Number 59, The Australia Institute, November 2003) xi.

Ibid, xii.