TY  - SER
AU  - Robertson, Neville R.
AU  - Busch,Ruth
TI  - Seen but not heard?: how battered women and their children fare under the Guardianship Amendment Act 1995
SN  - 1350-2778
PY  - 1997///
KW  - FVC
KW  - CHILDREN
KW  - CHILD ABUSE
KW  - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - EMOTIONAL ABUSE
KW  - FAMILIES
KW  - Guardianship Act 1995
KW  - PHYSICAL ABUSE
KW  - PROTECTION ORDERS
KW  - PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE
KW  - WOMEN
KW  - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
KW  - NEW ZEALAND
N1  - Butterworths Family Law Journal 2(8) December 1997 : 177-188
N2  - This article discusses the influence of domestic violence on custody and access cases, and examines the implementation of the Guardianship Amendment Act (1995) on the decision-making process. The authors utilise a number of legal cases involving custody and access disputes in the context of domestic violence to illustrate the inconsistent application of the Act. Supervised access is one approach to ensuring the child has access to both parents, but this does not always guarantee the safety of the child. Often domestic violence is minimised or disregarded by the Courts, at the expense of mothers and their children
ER  -