The Turnbull government has ordered a comprehensive review of the family law system to ensure it can deal with domestic violence and child abuse cases.
Attorney General George Brandis announced the review - the first in 40 years since the system was set up - in Tuesday's budget.
The government will spend $12.7 million on new parental management hearings - a forum to resolve family law disputes between self-represented litigants.
They are expected to be fast, informal and non-adversarial.
The government also flagged changes to the Family Law Act to ensure those suffering family violence are not put in a position where they are personally cross-examined by alleged perpetrators or vice versa.
The changes aim to stop survivors of family violence suffering further trauma.
The changes will be put out for public consultation soon.
There will also be $10.7 million over four years for extra family consultants to deal with family law cases and $3.4 million over two years to expand a trial of domestic violence units in legal centres.
A previously announced funding boost to community and indigenous legal services was also secured, totalling $55.7 million over three years.
Federation of Community Legal Centres spokeswoman Serina McDuff hailed the government's reversal of a 30 per cent funding cut, describing it as a lifeline.
"We still turn away one in three people who need our help... that remained the case before the cuts, and remains the case now," she told reporters, adding long-term funding certainty was still needed.
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