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Shared parenting and parental involvement in children's schooling following separation and divorce

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

Thea Brown ,
Alison Lundgren ,
Lisa-Maree Stevens  and
Jennifer Boadle
Thea Brown
Affiliation:
Department of Social Work, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Email: [email protected]
Alison Lundgren
Affiliation:
Department of Social Work, Monash University
Lisa-Maree Stevens
Affiliation:
Family Relationship Services Directorate, Mallee Family Care, Mildura, Victoria
Jennifer Boadle
Affiliation:
BSW Honours student, Department of Social Work, Monash University
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Abstract

Although the new family law legislation, the Family Law (Shared Parental Responsibility) Amendment Act of 2006, seeks to implement the notion of ongoing and collaborative parenting of children following parental partnership breakdown, separation and divorce, institutional obstacles still prevent the realisation of this policy. The question then arises: can such a model of separation and divorce be achieved? This question is examined through a discussion of a series of studies undertaken by a Monash University research team investigating parents' involvement in their children's schooling following parental separation and divorce. The research, building on a number of small studies carried out in Western Australia, looked at parents' and teachers' views of schools' ability to relate to separated and divorced parents and the wider difficulty of schools managing this family form.

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Research Article
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Children Australia , Volume 35 , Issue 1 , 2010 , pp. 7 - 13
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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