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Traditionally an Australian family was made up of a
couple and one or more children. Progressively, the concept of family has evolved and changed.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics refers to the continuing family evolution as Family Blending , a
cycle of formation, change and re-formation.
In the
Family Provision Act 1972 (WA)
(
Act) context, blended families are families where
a parent with children re-partners, whether they, the new
couple , have additional children together or not.
Blended families create complex factual scenarios with many
competing interests between spouses,
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