Bill
Family Law Amendment (Parenting Management Hearings) Bill 2017
lapsed, as at 2019-07-01. Attorney-General portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Attorney-General
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2017-12-06
- second reading — 2017-12-06
- other — 2019-07-01
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2017-12-06.
The bill would create a new body, the Parenting Management Hearings Panel, to handle parenting disputes outside the court system for people who represent themselves.
The Panel would be an independent statutory body that holds hearings and issues binding decisions about parenting arrangements, using an inquisitorial approach rather than an adversarial one.
The pilot program would start in Parramatta, then a second location in late 2018, and an independent review must report within three years of commencement.
- Establishes the Parenting Management Hearings Panel as an independent statutory authority
- Creates a consent-based forum where parties cannot be forced to participate
- Requires the Principal Member to have specialist knowledge and experience in family violence
- Amends several Acts to include references to 'parenting determinations' alongside 'parenting orders'
Self-represented litigants involved in parenting disputes, and their families.
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