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Parental Rights? Wrong…
by Amelia Trotman on March 30, 2018
I have countless parents come to me for advice in relation to parenting arrangements and many of them want to talk about their ‘rights’, whether it be their ‘right’ to have equal time, their ‘right’ […]
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Law Reform Commission Review Into Family Law
by Natasha Heathcote on March 28, 2018
The Federal Attorney General, George Brandis announced in October 2017 a review into the Family Law System. Mr Brandis described the review as ‘necessary and long overdue’, “the review of the family law system will […]
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Is This Australia’s Biggest Deadbeat Dad?
by Amelia Trotman on March 20, 2018
Being in arrears of child support is one thing, but $350,000 in arrears? That is on a different level. The extensive powers of the child support agency (‘aka The Department of Human Services – Child […]
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Breaching Court Orders Is Serious
by Peter Magee on August 20, 2017
Breaching Court Orders is serious and can lead to consequences. When I was in Coffs Harbour for a family get together, I read an interesting article in the Coffs Coast Advocate newspaper titled Breaching family […]
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Disposal of Assets Prior to Property Settlement
by Kate Marr on August 16, 2017
It is not uncommon for a party to property settlement proceedings to dispose of their interest in property without prior notice or in consultation with the other party. Rule 13.01 of the Family Law Rules […]
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Publishing Proceedings
by Bree Staines on July 18, 2017
Unlike many other areas of law, whether it be in a civil or criminal jurisdiction, the content of family law proceedings are confidential and cannot be publicised. Indeed, it is an offence under section 121 […]
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Financial Agreements & Unconscionable Conduct
by Peter Magee on July 16, 2017
Parties enter into Financial Agreements presumably because they have agreed to be bound by the terms within that agreement that set out how their property is to be divided in the event of separation. As […]
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Could You be in a De Facto Relationship and Not Know it?
by Peter Magee on July 12, 2017
Whilst most people know if they are married or not (most married couples can recall the whole white dress, overpriced food and big party event that often accompanies a wedding) in some circumstances it can […]
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The Court Has Made a Vexatious Litigant Order Against Me
by Rhiannon Noble on July 8, 2017
Section 102QE (1) (a) and (2) of the Family Law Act 1975 (“the Act”) provides that an Applicant who is subject to a vexatious proceedings order may apply to the Court for leave to commence […]
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Drug Testing – Which Test and When?
by Anne-Louise Pham on June 15, 2017
All too often, the Court is required to consider parenting arrangements in circumstances where there are a host of drug and alcohol abuse allegations. This often results in the Court ordering alcohol and drug tests […]
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