A legislative shift in parental responsibility: the new world in family law parenting proceedings
On 06 May 2024, significant amendments were made as to how the Court deals with parenting arrangements. One such change relates to the law on parental responsibility for major long-term issues.
The definition of major long-term issues remains unchanged. It includes issues of a long-term nature such as (but not limited to) the child’s education, religious and cultural upbringings, health, name and where the issue relates to the child’s living arrangements that make it significantly more difficult for the child to spend time with the other parent (in summary, residence). [...]
