Same-Sex Parents Who Separate: Who gets the Children?

Despite the recent stalemate between the Coalition federal government and the Opposition in the controversial Same Sex Marriage debate, Australian governments have previously enacted significant legal reforms that have recognised the increasingly prominent roles of gay people in traditional family structures.

Over the years, the Australian government introduced reforms aiming to remove discrimination against same-sex couples and providing same-sex couples the same entitlements as heterosexual de-facto couples.

The reforms have emphasised the importance of the roles of both parents in the welfare of the child.