The Effectiveness of the Family Law Courts

Our Family Law courts are generally seen to be an effective institution and have, according to legal sources, do a good job in testing circumstances. It is usually only the family cases with a dramatic shadow that makes it to the news headline, thus portraying a misguided graphic of the nature of the family law courts. It is depicted often as being insensitive to the psychology involved within what is essentially a private dispute.

Recent news articles highlighting four young girls being sent back to Italy where their custody hearing may take place, or where a father who had dropped his own daughter off Victoria’s Westgate Bridge is still engaged in a custody dispute with the mother, highlights the law’s lack of insight towards the emotions involved in such matters. It is often criticised that the law is cold and metallically financial in its approach to personal issues.

But behind all this, the reality is that the courts do a good job in the overall spectrum of family issues. The courts dealt with over 84,000 cases alone last year and statistics have shown that the divorce rate is dropped over the past forty years. The courts can mediate and make judgments on the custody of children, and the division of property and money, as well as handling divorce applications. Nevertheless, it must not be forgotten that the courts deal essentially with complex issues. Consequently, it may appear unfair, broken and even enigmatic to most. But it is nevertheless, an effective system.

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