Vortrag Prof. Dr. Susanne Nothhafft

→ Direct courts to give greater weight to a child‘s safety as a primary
consideration in determining what is in the child‘s best interest
→ Prioritise in parenting agreements a child‘s safety
→ Remove the „friendly parent‘ provision as an additional consideration
→ Direct courts, when considering applications for parenting orders, to
inquire about past or future risk of family violence
(risk assessment)
→ the FLA does not require independent verification of allegations of
family violence for a court to be satisfied that violence had occured
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