Shared Responsibility Act Explanatory Memorandum, House of Representatives, Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, 2005.
2.
The researchers were the author and Sophie Mariole, then Associate to Justice Dessau of the Family Court of Australia.
3.
These findings were similar to those of Judy Cashmore and Patrick Parkinson (2008) ‘Children's and parents' perceptions on children's participation in decision-making after parental separation and divorce’ (46) 1Family Court Review91.
4.
Ibid [93].
5.
MayVanessaSmartCarol, ‘Silence in Court? Hearing children in residence and contact disputes’ (2004) 16Child and Family Law Quarterly305; Cashmore and Parkinson above n 3.
6.
See DavisGwynnPearceJulia, ‘The Welfare Principle in Action’ (1999) 29Family Law237.
7.
See WasoffFran, ‘Mutual Consent: Separation agreements and the outcomes of private ordering in divorce’ (2005) 27 (3–4) Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law237.
8.
Ibid [247].
9.
KaspiewRae, ‘Evaluation of the 2006 Family Law Reforms’ (2009).
10.
Ibid [134].
11.
AmatoPaulGilbrethJoan ‘Non-resident fathers in children's well-being: A Meta Analysis’ (1999) 61Journal of Marriage And The Family557; WhitesideMaryBeckerBetsy, ‘Parental factors and the young child's post-divorce adjustment: A Meta-Analysis with implications for parenting arrangements’ (2000) 14Journal Of Family Psychology5.
12.
Loddington and Derringford (No 2) [2008] FamCA 925 per Cronin J.
13.
McIntoshJenniferChisholmRichard, ‘Cautionary notes on the shared care of children in conflicted parental separation’ (2008) 14(1) Journal of Family Studies, 37.
14.
McIntoshJenniferLongCarolineWellsYvonne, ‘Children beyond dispute: A four year follow up study of outcomes from child focused and child inclusive post-separation Family Dispute Resolution’ (2009); SmythBruce, ‘A 5-year retrospective of post-separation shared care research in Australia’ (2009) 15(1) Journal of Family Studies, 36–59.
