This report explores how families interact with the family court. It examines how often families who have been involved in at least one private family law application return to court and considers how these patterns vary according to their characteristics and circumstances.
The report considers four journey types:
- single application involving parents – parents of the child are involved in a single private law application (no public law)
- return applications involving parents – parents are involved in more than one private law application (no public law)
- applications with parents involved in both private and public law – parents are involved in at least one private law application and at least one public law application
- applications involving non-parents – private law applications which involve at least one person who is not a parent (a ‘non-standard’ application).
