Keywords:
Best interests of the child -- What is considered? -- Court considerations when making parenting plans -- Parental involvement? -- Talking the child's view into account -- Equal shared parental responsibility -- Parenting orders when family violence or child abuse is present -- Dealing with parenting matters outside the court process -- Managing expectations of parties in parenting matters -- Managing protection orders with parenting orders -- Emerging trends on shared parenting -- Case study: psychiatric illness and parenting matters