In Australia, as in other jurisdictions, child support has become a political hot topic, and one
with the potential to deepen and challenge socio-legal understandings of masculinity …

This article demonstrates how legal categories often create'silos' that make it difficult to
understand important legal issues that operate across more than one legal doctrine. By …

This article assesses fathers' evidence presented to an Australian inquiry into the child
support scheme. We examine these data in order to address how fathers' proposed child …

Despite claims of 'evidence based policy', the place of empirical evidence in family law
reform is ambiguous. There is ongoing socio-legal analysis of the differential value and uses …

This article examines shifts in child support law and policy in Australia and the UK since the
establishment of child support schemes in both jurisdictions from the late 1980s. Our …

Economic abuse is well established as a widespread and damaging element of intimate
partner violence. However research largely addresses cohabiting couples, with few detailed …

Child support compliance continues to be a thorny policy issue, especially in the aftermath of
the global financial crisis when governments are under pressure to minimize government …

The policy, legal and service configuration of a child and family welfare system reflects the
historically predominant ideological perspectives relating to children, families, community …

In the United Kingdom in the late summer and autumn of 1993, the issue of child
maintenance made the headlines as outraged fathers protested against the imposition of …

Consistent with its legislative responsibility to investigate factors affecting the well being of
children and families, the Australian Institute of Family Studies has maintained an interest in …