The family law act says divorced and separated parents should be equally be involved in their child's upbringing, but schools may unwittingly be freezing out the non-residential parent.

Schools may be unwittingly breaching federal legislation by failing to effectively deal with both parents following a separation or divorce. New research has found that despite a federal law stating both parents should have a role in their child's education, 60 per cent of non-residential parents said they received nothing from the school, not even school reports. Further, the Monash University survey of parents and educators found 64 per cent of non-residential parents did not receive notices, 71 per cent did not receive fees or bills and 84 per cent did not receive any notes from teachers....