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‘They’re meant to help and did the complete opposite’: many children feel silenced by family courts

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par Georgina Dimopoulos, Associate Professor, Law, Southern Cross University

When parental separation ends up in the family courts, serious risks such as family violence, child abuse, drug, alcohol or substance misuse, and mental health issues are often involved.

But many children feel shut out of family court processes that decide what is in their “best interests”.

My new paper, co-authored with Southern Cross University researchers Eliza Hew, Meaghan Vosz and Helen Walsh and published in the journal Child…

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