The family court is a place of last resort for spouses and parents, to settle the legal, financial and parenting disputes that can sometimes arise. 

But lawyers and mothers have been warning that when abuse or violence is part of the equation, the court is failing. 

Today, author and contributor to The Saturday Paper Jane Caro on the women who feel silenced by the family court, and the changes the Federal government now wants to make. 

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Guest: Author and contributor to The Saturday Paper, Jane Caro.

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