2Child Act 1989, s 41(1) .(2), Family Proceedings Rules 1991, r 4. 11.
3Family Law in Australian and England , prepared by Patrick Parkinson on the Training Seminar on International Marriage andFamily Law at the China University of Politics Science and Law, July 17,2004, p. 20.
4CCH Family Law editors, Australian Family Law 1975 with Regulations and Rules, Printed in Australia by McPherson's PrintingGroup (2002), pp. 189-190.
5See ANN M. Haralambie, 1 Handling Child Custody, Abuse and Adoption Cases 233-38 (1993) , Homer, J'R, The Law of Domes-tie Relations in the United States 786-849 (2d 1988). Also See Sanford N. Katz, Family Law in America, Oxford University Press, 2003,p. 103.
6Sanford N. Katz, Family Law in America, Oxford University Press,2003.
7Patrick Parkinson, Child Protection, Permanency Planning and Children's Right to Family Life, Oxford University Press IJLP&F2003. 17(147), p. 5.