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→The Family Law Act and Alternatives to Court
The new ''Family Law Act'' encourages...
Section 4 emphasizes that out-of-court dispute resolution processes and resolution
through agreements are not simply add-ons to litigation but are the preferred option, with
court as a valued, but last, resort.
• This focus on family dispute resolution signals an important shift from the Family
Relations Act, which was criticized for being litigation-focused and for assuming that
every dispute would end in a trial
==Alternatives to Court==