02839oam 22005413 450 991079450830332120230629221547.01-74382-195-6(CKB)4100000012008357(MiAaPQ)EBC6710471(Au-PeEL)EBL6710471(EXLCZ)99410000001200835720210901h20212021 uy 0engur|n#||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBroken children, parents and family courts /Camilla Nelson, Catharine LumbyCarlton, Victoria :La Trobe University Press,[2021]©2021.1 online resource (x, 307 pages)Print version: 9781760643058 176064305X Includes bibliographical references and index.A devastating account of how Australia's family courts fail children, families and victims of domestic abuse.The family courts intimately affect the lives of those who come before them. Judges can decide where you are allowed to live and work, which school your child can attend and whether you are even permitted to see your child. Lawyers can interrogate every aspect of your personal life during cross-examination, and argue whether or not you are fit to be a parent. Broken explores the complexities and failures of Australia's family courts through the stories of children and parents whose lives have been shattered by them. Camilla Nelson and Catharine Lumby take the reader into the back rooms of the system to show what it feels like to be caught up in spirals of abusive litigation. They reveal how the courts have been politicised by Pauline Hanson and men's rights groups, and how those they are meant to protect most - children - are silenced or treated as property. Exploring the legal culture, gender politics and financial incentives that drive the system, Broken reveals how the family courts - despite the high ideals on which they were founded - have turned into the worst possible place for vulnerable families and children.Children, parents and family courts.Justice, Administration ofAustraliaDomestic relations courtsAustraliaDomestic relationsAustraliaChild welfareAustraliaJustice, Administration ofDomestic relations courtsDomestic relationsChild welfare346.94015Nelson Camilla1967-,1490528Lumby CatharineAU@AU@ATCDLOCLCFDLCCaOWtLBOOK9910794508303321Broken3711942UNINA