Senate backs family law system review

Crossbench senators have won support for a root-and-branch review of the family law system to make it non-adversarial.

Labor objected to the motion in the Senate on Tuesday, with Claire Moore saying there was no basis for a review of the system and that provisions were already in place to make it less adversarial.

But the motion put by seven of the eight crossbenchers was agreed to without going to a vote.