Family law is set to come under scrutiny after Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the Federal Government would hold a Joint Parliamentary Committee inquiry into the system.
PM Scott Morrison said the review would look at whether the current system, which is intended to support parents and children during the end of a relationship, is fit for purpose.
"We want to ensure families can resolve issues as quickly and fairly as possible, so everyone can move on with their lives," he said.
"This inquiry will allow the Parliament to hear directly from families and listen to them as they give their accounts of how the family law system has been impacting them and how it interacts with the child support system."
The Government has already proposed substantial reform in some relevant family law structures, which will be re-introduced before the end of 2019.
The reform is focused on helping parents resolve issues at the end of their relationship as simply, quickly and cheaply as possible.
The Government is also considering the recommendations of the Australian Law Reform Commission report into family law, which was released in April this year.
The Government is set to respond to all the recommendations relating to the design of multiple provisions in the Family Law Act 1975.
Attorney-General Christian Porter said the committee's focus would be on specific areas where there may be scope for improvement in the family law system, the courts or other policy areas, such as child support.
It would also look at how the family law system, state and territory child protection systems and family and domestic violence jurisdictions can communicate better.
"Importantly for older Australians who find themselves taking on the parental role for grandchildren, the Committee will have a particular focus on issues affecting grandparent carers in family law matters and family court proceedings," he said.
Margaret River father Aaron Cockman whose four children were thought to be murdered by their grandfather understands only too well the devastation the family law system can cause.
It is believed his ex-father-in-law Peter Miles fatally shot his wife Cynda, daughter Katrina and four grandchildren before killing himself at a property where they all lived.
In the four years before their murder, Mr Cockman barely got to see his children, and believes expensive divorce proceedings was a contributing factor to their deaths.
He said once his ex-partner and her parents got lawyers involved everything changed.
Mr Cockman has now set up the aaron4kids foundation to promote safer approaches to family breakdown and child-focused initiatives to help children when their family life changed.
"The worst thing is how lawyers are setup, while it is part of the Family Court system it is separate, and lawyers are about making money and how to go about making the most amount of money."
South-West MLC Colin Tincknell recently held a community forum on family law issues that was attended by more than 200 people.
He welcomed the announcement by the Federal Government.
"Statistics show since 2006, around 41 males committed suicide each week, with half of those attributed to complications with family law," he said.
"One woman is murdered each week in Australia and many more were victims of domestic violence.
"The Family Court system is a real disaster zone, this inquiry is very wide-ranging and will look at the whole system.
"This is something for the people of Australia, it is a really good thing and I take my hat off to the Prime Minister."