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International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family Advance Access originally published online on January 29, 2009
International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family 2009 23(1):1-24; doi:10.1093/lawfam/ebn015
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International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, Vol. 23, No. 1, © The Author [2009]. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org.

Child Support Policy in Australia and the United Kingdom: Changing Priorities But A Similar Tough Deal for Children?

Belinda Fehlberg and Mavis Maclean

University of Melbourne Law School and Oxford Centre for Family Law and Policy, b.fehlberg{at}unimelb.edu.au


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This article examines shifts in child support law and policy in Australia and the UK since the establishment of child support schemes in both jurisdictions from the late 1980s. Our analysis suggests that while original policy goals in Australia and the UK were broadly similar, they also diverged in important respects. Further, legislative and operational elements of the respective schemes as originally enacted have played a key role in influencing subsequent shifts in the substance and policy of the regimes. Yet the practical implications of currently diverging law and policy approaches are likely to be similar, in that most fathers will pay less child support in the future.


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