1.0RM Lawhttps://www.rm-law.com.auRM Lawhttps://www.rm-law.com.au/author/3g5e6y9p/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://www.rm-law.com.au/know-term-custody-commonly-understand-child-lives-following-separation-no-longer-applicable/">Do you know that the term “custody” that we commonly understand as to where a child lives following a separation, is no longer applicable?</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(d.addEventListener)e=!0;if(d.wp=d.wp||{},!d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){var r,a,i,s,n,o=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]');for(r=0;r<c.length;r++)c[r].style.display="none";for(r=0;r<o.length;r++)if(a=o[r],e.source===a.contentWindow){if(a.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;a.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),n=l.createElement("a"),s.href=a.getAttribute("src"),n.href=t.value,n.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===a)d.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),d.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!o){o=!0;var e,t,r,a,i=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),s=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),n=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content");for(t=0;t<n.length;t++){if(!(r=n[t]).getAttribute("data-secret"))a=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),r.src+="#?secret="+a,r.setAttribute("data-secret",a);if(i||s)(e=r.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),r.parentNode.replaceChild(e,r)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.rm-law.com.au/know-term-custody-commonly-understand-child-lives-following-separation-no-longer-applicable/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“Do you know that the term “custody” that we commonly understand as to where a child lives following a separation, is no longer applicable?” — RM Law" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>In 1995, the term “custody” was abolished via the Family Law Reform Act. The concept of custody gave much broader decision making powers to the parent with whom the child lives with. In 2006, new provisions were included in the Family Law Act 1975 and the terms “lives with” and “spends time with” were introduced. […]https://www.rm-law.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2093/2017/03/rm-law-logo.png20089