ADR: alternative dispute resolution

AIFS: Australian Institute of Family Studies

ALRC: Australian Law Reform Commission

ASFA: Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia

Birth mother: means a woman who conceives a child through artificial insemination, with the consent of her partner.

Co-mother: means a woman who consents to the artificial insemination of her female partner, with the intention of being a functional parent to the child.

CRA: Contracts Review Act 1980 (NSW)

CSAA: Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989 (Cth)

DRA: Domestic Relationships Act 1994 (ACT)

Family Court: Family Court of Australia

Family Law Superannuation Act: Family Law Legislation Amendment (Superannuation) Act 2001 (Cth)

FLA: Family Law Act 1975 (Cth)

FMA: Federal Magistrates Act 1999 (Cth)

FMC: Federal Magistrates Court

FPA: Family Provisions Act 1984 (NSW)

Functional child: means a child who has a relationship with an adult as if that adult were his or her parent, but who is not the biological, adoptive or presumptive child of that adult.

Functional parent: means a person who acts as a child’s parent but is not his or her biological, adoptive or presumptive parent.

HTA: Human Tissue Act 1983 (NSW)

LEADR: Lawyers Engaged in Alternative Dispute Resolution

Legal child: means a biological, adoptive or presumptive child of an adult.

Legal parent: means a biological, adoptive or presumptive parent of a child.

NSWLRC: New South Wales Law Reform Commission

PDR: primary dispute resolution

PRA: Property Relationships (Act) 1984 (NSW)

PRR: Property Relationships Regulation 2000 (NSW)

SIS Act: Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 (Cth)

Social Issues Committee: Legislative Council’s Standing Committee on Social Issues