Lone Fathers Association of Australia - Mission Statement and Philosophies
Who We Are
The Lone Fathers Association, a national Peak Body, is an educational and welfare organisation devoted
to the interests of lone fathers, their friends, relatives, grandparents, extended family, carers and
children.
To prevent family breakdown, but where family breakdown does occur - to minimise the impact of family breakdown by:
Providing non-sectarian support to parents, children and other
extended family members.
Easing the transition of family members from an intact to
separated family
Ensuring that Government legislation relating to family
breakdown is fair, just and realistic
Promoting outcomes from separation that are fair, just
and realistic.
Vision
That both parents share responsibility and caregiving after
family breakdown, regardless of where the children reside
with after separation.
That co-parenting and shared residency after separation
shall be the accepted starting point for parents and the
Courts. All participants in the separation processes
shall recognise the integrity and value of each party
as a parent.
That perceived stereo-typing and gender bias in society,
Government agencies and the Courts are replaced by
processes based upon natural justice and without bias.
Aims and Objectives
The aims and objectives of the LFA are to:
promote and encourage best possible practice on child access and custody matters, always with the happiness and emotional
well-being of the child as a primary consideration, and appreciating that each child needs the love and guidance of both father
and mother;
promote an explicit code of conduct and behaviour for separated fathers with special emphasis on the welfare of their children, and develop acceptable methods by which these fathers can handle problems affecting their children;
assist and encourage separated fathers to support and sustain their children and do their utmost to prevent the institutionalisation of the children;
encourage separated fathers not to denigrate their former partner in any way to their children, especially young children;
represent to the community and government and other agencies the special needs of separated fathers and their children as a significant group in the population; and
promote and assist the development of better equity in the Family Court on custody, access, and property settlements.
