Family Law News

Binding Financial Agreements (which many know as prenups) are commonly used in family law matters in Australia to deal with a number of situation.

On 27 January 2012, Attorney General Nicola Roxon delivered a media release which stated that as of 1 February 2012 there were to be certificates of no known impediment to marriage issued for same sex couples.

A FEW years ago, Paul Clitheroe told me that he wanted money to be the sex of the next generation.

Debatably relocation matters are the most challenging cases for a Court to determine the children’s best interest.

In a recent Family Court decision, her Honour Justice Rees has taken what at first blush may seem the unusual step of banning a mother from going to at her child’s school.

The Government is set to introduce new measures to strengthen Australia’s laws that deal with international child abduction. Below is an extract of the official joint media release issued by the Attorney General Hon. Robert McClelland MP

The Family Law Act enables third party creditors to intervene in property proceedings. By intervening, that third party creditor is joined as a party and can apply to have enforceable orders made for repayment of a debt.

It may come as a surprise to many that forced marriages are occurring in Australia with an estimated 50 cases per year.

In Australia, the parents of a child have a duty to maintain the child.Under the Child Support (Assessment) Act, a person is the parent of a child if they satisfy one of many situations listed under the Act, one being the presence of their name on th

Divorce talk with Dino Di Rosa. You can apply for a divorce together (joint application) or on your own (sole application) at the Federal Magistrates Court of Australia. You can get a free divorce kit from the family law courts website, which has al

Many people are not clear about the meaning of separation for the purposes of family law. What does it mean to be separated for the purposes of family law?

The Family Law Courts have very wide power to make many decisions in relation to the property settlement when dealing with the effect of an inheritance .

Today Dino is here to talk about spousal maintenance, I think they call it alimony in the Hollywood movies don’t they? Well, spousal maintenance is not just in the movies, it can be a stark reality in Australia, and Dino is here to answer questions

When parents can’t agree and the Family Court is concerned a child’s interests are not being properly brought to its attention, it may order that a child be separately represented by a lawyer.

Contact” refers to any contact between a child or any other person usually the parent with whom the child does not live. Contact can be time spent together, telephone calls and letters.

Since 1 July 2006, the Family Law Act 1975 (“the Act”) introduced a new phrase of “Shared Parental Responsibility” for children’s matters.

Australian law no longer requires a reason to be given for an application for divorce, however, there must still be proof of an ‘irretrievable breakdown of the marriage’ in order for a divorce to be granted by the courts.

In a nutshell, yes, your superannuation is applicable to your property settlement: it is taken into account in dividing the property of you and your spouse or de facto partner.

Mr Justice Weir ruled in favour of the woman taking her daughter, identified only as K, with her in a relocation based on her struggle to find work in Northern Ireland.

If one of the parties has deliberately acted so as to reduce the value or worth of matrimonial assets then that party may bear the loss solely. Further, if one party has “acted recklessly, negligently or wantonly” and the effect has been a reduction