Legislation
Alterations to Australia’s family law will change the game for pet owners on the verge of separation. Here’s a breakdown…
In recent years, amendments have been made to Australian family law to place a greater emphasis on the safety of children and their carers. The Family Law Amendment Act 2023 (Cth) repealed the presumption of equal shared parental responsibility and simplified the considerations for a court to consider…
The Australian Institute of Family studies reports that the divorce rate (divorces per 1,000 Australian residents) has fallen in the 2000s and was at its lowest rate since 1976 in 2016 at just 1.9…
Australia’s family law system is failing to protect children by misleading separated parents into believing their children have to spend time with their ex-partner, even if they are dangerous, one of the nation’s largest children’s charities has warned…
It was a Family Court psychologist’s report that came with a heavy cost. Not only in monetary terms — although at $25,000 the psychologist’s fees were high. But also in its human toll, which continues more than seven years after it was handed to the Family Court of Western Australia…
The dirty laundry of a wealthy Sydney family has been aired in court during a battle over the colourful 90-year-old matriarch’s multimillion-dollar fortune…
MORE families are taking steps to confirm their children’s parentage but it doesn’t have to be a harrowing experience…
The High Court has found a man who donated his sperm to a lesbian friend to have a child is the father, due to his involvement in the child’s life…
A woman has asked the Family Court to order the destruction of 12 embryos — even though she has no genetic link to them…
Changes were made to the Family Law Act in 1975 that did away with moralising about infidelity…