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Objectives

To provide for the best interest of the child in family disputes.
To provide an integrated approach to family law disputes.
To ensure access to justice for parties involved in marriage breakdown and family disputes by offering alternatives that reduce costs and the length of time until resolution.
To provide support services to people involved in family law disputes.
To increase the people's understanding of the issues by providing information about the available options for resolution, legal issues, child support, custody and parenting.
To promote consensual conflict resolution methods that lead to long-lasting resolution of issues.
To provide objective and useful reports of custody and access issues for court assessment that lead to case resolution.
To ensure protection and safety for children while providing the benefit of contact with both parents by supervising access with non-custodial parents in specific cases.
To reduce the number of family matters that return to the court for adjudication or variation.
To promote a specialization of family law issues within the judiciary and court support staff.

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