When a court is making a parenting order, the Family Law Act 1975 requires it to regard the best interests of the child as the most important consideration.Parents are encouraged to use this principle when making parenting plans. Any family violence involving the child or a member of the child’s family. 2  Any family violence order that applies to the child or a member of the child’s family, if: 3  the order is a final order, or. 4  the making of the order was contested by a person.