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999			_c6591 _d6591
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040			_aAFVC
100			_aFoster, Hayley _99002
245			_aChild contact, shared care and family law in the context of domestic and family violence and COVID-19 : _bbriefing paper _cPrepared by Hayley Foster and Anna Fletcher
260			_aSydney, NSW : _bWomen's Safety NSW, _c2020
300			_aelectronic document (11 pages) ; PDF file
500			_aBriefing paper, 13 April 2020
520			_aWomen’s Safety NSW has surveyed its members who are specialist domestic violence workers in NSW about the impact of COVID-19 on child contact, shared care and family law arrangements in the context of domestic and family violence and found what the chief executive, Hayley Foster, has described as “worrying” results. Nearly four out of five of the 56 domestic violence workers who responded to the state-wide survey reported they had already seen an increase in clients who were experiencing issues in relation to child contact, shared care and family law since the outbreak of COVID-19, whilst two in three of these workers reported they were seeing an increase in the complexity of such cases. Over three-quarters (77.3%) of domestic violence workers surveyed reported that safe places for child handovers with their abusive ex-partners no longer being open or available was a serious issue of concern for clients in the context of COVID-19, with many women having to compromise their personal safety through makeshift, informal handover arrangements. The survey also reveals that three-quarters (75%) of frontline domestic violence workers hold “serious concerns” about the numbers of women succumbing to child contact with a violent parent due to their own lack of other supports in the context of COVID-19. (From the website). See also the earlier Summary report (#6593) and Update (#6592). Record #6591
610			_aWomen's Safety NSW _99003
650		4	_aCONTACT (ACCESS) _929
650			_aCOVID-19 _98949
650			_aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE _9203
650			_aFAMILY LAW _9244
650			_aFAMILY VIOLENCE _9252
650			_aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE _9431
650			_aPANDEMICS _98950
650			_aRISK FACTORS _9505
650			_aSEPARATION _9522
650			_aSUPERVISED CONTACT _94499
650		4	_aSUPPORT SERVICES _9591
650			_aSURVEYS _9592
650		4	_aVICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE _9624
650		4	_aCONTACT (ACCESS) _929
651		4	_aAUSTRALIA _92597
651			_aINTERNATIONAL _93624
700			_aFletcher, Anna _99004
856			_uhttps://www.womenssafetynsw.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Child-Contact-family-law-and-DFV-during-COVID19.pdf
856			_uhttps://www.womenssafetynsw.org.au/impact/publication/child-contact-shared-care-family-law-in-the-context-of-dfv-covid-19/ _zAccess the website
942			_2ddc _cREPORT