Born in hope
Subtitle: the early years of the Family Court of Australia
By: by Shurlee Swain
Publisher: NewSouth Publishing
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Sydney
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9781742232928
Subjects: Australia; Domestic relations courts; Australia. Family Court; History
Description: The Family Court of Australia was established in 1976 under new legal reforms addressing marriage and divorce. This book charts the development of the Court and its social experiment of no fault divorce, based on interviews with judges, counsellors, and family lawyers who worked in the Court during its early years.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-202) and index.

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