The Experiences of Parents and Children After Family Court Decisions About Relocation

本研究将有助于完善家庭法律体系中有关子女的决策。它将使评估关于父母是否可以与子女一起搬迁的司法裁决成为可能。它将通过收集儿童及其父母关于这些决定的影响的信息，做出独特的贡献。这项分析将帮助家长、立法者和法官在这一重要且有争议的领域做出更好的决定。这将有利于孩子和他们的父母的幸福、健康和繁荣。更好的决策也将降低政府因家庭破裂而付出的成本。

This research will contribute to the improvement of decision-making about children in the family law system. It will enable an assessment of judicial decisions about whether a parent can relocate with children. It will make a unique contribution by gathering information from children and their parents about the effects of these decisions. The analysis will help parents, law-makers and judges to make better decisions in this important and controversial area. This will have benefits for the happiness, health and prosperity of children and their parents. Better decision-making will also reduce the costs to government of family breakdown.