Private Family Reports

A Private Family Report or Single Expert Report is an assessment prepared to assist parents and the Court in making children’s arrangements. A Family Report is generally prepared when a matter is approaching a Final Hearing.

The Family Report will consider the child’s experience, age and developmental needs in addition to the family’s circumstances. Recommendations for future care arrangements will be made accordingly.

Short Form Preliminary Assessment Reports

A Short Form Preliminary Assessment is usually prepared during the initial stages of proceedings.

The purpose of the preliminary assessment is to consider the child’s needs and to provide future direction regarding interim live with and spend time arrangements. Additional assessments and interventions that may assist the child and their parents may also be suggested.

Kelly Osmand

Ms Osmand has over twenty years' experience working with children and their families in Australia and the United Kingdom. As a Family Consultant with the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia for nine years, she prepared hundreds of high-quality Family Reports and Child Inclusive Conference memoranda.

In her final eighteen months with the Court, Ms Osmand held the position of Senior Court Child Expert overseeing Court Child Experts (previously Family Consultants) across the Dandenong, Melbourne, and Albury Registries.

Ms Osmand is a highly skilled single expert witness with extensive experience and expertise assessing children’s needs and best interests in the context of multiple and complex risk factors and parental conflict.