Family Law Pathways Network - Greater Newcastle

Branch Location: Hunter St, Newcastle NSW 2300

Supporting and resourcing a network of organisations and professionals operating within the broader family law system to achieve the best outcomes for separating families.

Our vision is a connected family law system that minimises conflict and supports the best interests of children. We seek to achieve the vision by encouraging professionals from the legal sector and the non-legal sector to work together, and by providing opportunities to learn and share information.Our purpose is to create a clear pathway for families making their way through the family law system.Links to useful services and resources to enhance the capacity of professionals in the legal and non-legal sector to assist families post-separation.  Become a member of the Greater Newcastle Family Law Pathways Network and contribute to creating a more collaborative family law system. There are no membership fees, the only criteria are that you work in the family sector. Our VisionOur vision is a connected family law system that minimises conflict and supports the best interests of children.

We seek to achieve this vision by encouraging professionals to work together, and providing opportunities to learn and share information.

We aim to:
• establish and maintain professional relationships;
• raise knowledge of the role and expertise of all professionals in the family law system; and
• provide training in a multi-disciplinary way to network members.

Our StructureFamily Law Pathways Networks are managed by a local steering committee which draws expertise across government, non-government and legal organisations.

The Network is the primary organisation that brings all public, community and private service providers together including the Family Law Judiciary, Family Relationship Centre providers, Therapists, Private Legal Practitioners, Legal Aid NSW and Community Legal Centres. A Project Officer is employed to coordinate the day to day operations of the Network.

Our Purpose

Our purpose is to create a clear pathway for families making their way through the family law system. In order to provide a clear dispute resolution pathway for separating families, the family law system depends on cooperation between a range of service providers: the community sector, the Family Law Courts, government agencies and departments, the legal profession and the research sector.We also recognise that families may require services such as police, drug and alcohol, mental health, housing, parenting education and family violence organisations as part of the dispute resolution process.