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It is up to the parent saying that the person's contact should be supervised to prove why it should be supervised and that the supervision of the person's contact is in the best interests of the child.
==Assessments and reportsabout children and parenting after separation==
Making decisions about parenting after separation can be difficult, especially when parents are in high levels of conflict with each other, when their children are very young, when one or more of their children have special needs, and when one or both parents struggle with family violence, the use of alcohol and drugs, and personality and other mental health disorders. It's hard for parents and it's hard for judges and arbitrators.
While both the ''[[Divorce Act]]'' and the ''[[Family Law Act]]'' say that the only consideration when making arrangements about decision-making, parenting time and contact is the best interests of the child,and provide lists of helpful factors that go into deciding the arrangements for parenting and contact that are in the child's best interests, sometimes what's needed is the input of a neutral professional, usually a mental health professional like a psychologist, a clinical counsellor or a social worker. This input can be provided through different kinds of assessments and reports, usually parenting assessments and views of the child reports, available under the ''Family Law Act''. ===Parenting assessments===
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