The Best Interest of the Child Blog

We are a firm of lawyers based in western and north western Sydney who have done and do enough Family Law to know that there needs to be a healthy discussion on various issues of reform in the Family Court system.

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Over many years the role of the Family Law system has become more and more complex. Abuse which was once more rare seems to be a common theme of many parenting matters. Family violence if not more prevalent is certainly more reported and recognised and drug use and mental health decline is a more too often ingredient in matters before the Court.

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However, as the mix of dysfunction in families has increased resources in the Family Law system have not been increased to meet that demand.

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Michael Vassili, our principal, has for a long time advocated for a total overall of how we assist families in crisis. In amongst that is the creation of a body which looks at the multi faceted conflicts with panels of experts and not adversarial lawyers.

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This site is set up to provide an opportunity for informed debate. On that issue, as the site is moderated the following rules apply:

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No identification of parties / or reference to names of parties / practitioners or judges will be permitted

Any post which is a "rant" and general complaint will be removed

Constructive discussion will remain.

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This site is not a democracy owned by the people for the people - it is set up as a useful tool to encourage constructive discussion about the Family Law system such that focus on the children involved can ultimately be achieved.

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Thank You