Introduction

The Survey of Family Courts (SFC) is a long-standing online survey that documents detailed information about the contents of court orders and separation agreements.1 This snapshot of data collected between 2018 and 20192 3 focuses on custody and access, legal representation, and the relationship between legal representation and custody arrangements by parents’ gender.

Footnotes

1 The SFC collects detailed data on child and spousal support, income, custody and access arrangements, and demographic information.

2 Includes cases with a date of decision between January 1, 2018 and December 31, 2019 inclusive.

3 See the 2017 JustFacts Child Custody and Access for earlier SFC data. Due to a change in the survey tool, it is not possible to report on 2016-17.