10 Common Misconceptions about Australia’s Shared Parenting Laws

Since the introduction of Australia’s ground breaking Shared Parenting (child custody) laws in 2006, there has been a decidedly facile campaign of misinformation, sponsored primarily by the advocates of the status quo prior to 2006, and designed evidently to mis-represent the operation of these laws.

Although these laws have been somewhat weakened since the legislation has been passed, it can be argued that the media still provides a mis-leading picture on what these laws actually mean.

Following is a list of 10 common misconceptions about Shared Parenting in Australia, that have been circulated so broadly that they are on the whole accepted as truth, but are none-the-less little more than exceptions, equivocations or categorical falsehoods.