Legal Proceedings
The number of will disputes reaching the Supreme Court has shot up by almost 60 per cent since 2005, with blended families, entitled grandchildren and burgeoning estate values driving up the number of claims…
Warring couples may think twice about airing their dirty laundry in the Family Court after it ruled the Tax Office could use financial information filed in one dispute to audit the parties for potential tax evasion…
A child who was abducted by his mother and taken to Europe will live with his father full time in Australia — and spend no time with his mother…
De facto couples – even those who have a child and live together – have significant social, financial and emotional “differences” to married couples, according to a Federal Circuit Court judge…
A Sydney father has won the right to vaccinate his children after a drawn-out legal battle with their mother, who is strongly opposed to immunisation…
The Australian high court has ruled that New South Wales must recognise a third gender after handing down its decision in the long-running case of Norrie, who has been fighting since 2010 to have a sex change recognised as non-specific…
If you had to stand up and represent yourself in family court, how would you cope? It’s probably something we should all be thinking about, because hiring a lawyer is expensive and legal aid budgets are under extreme stress so flying solo in court is increasingly common. This articles explores the common pitfalls and issues that arise in the face of self-representation in our court system…
A Queensland newspaper has been fined $120,000 for illegally identifying a family involved in a court custody battle. This was in breach of Section 121 of the Family Law Act 1975…
Sharing the family assets by giving adult offspring an early inheritance may seem like a good idea. But what happens if they split from their partner, and those hard-won assets walk out the door?..
Victoria Legal Aid says it will review cuts to its family services – which the Family Court’s Chief Justice has criticised as compromising children’s best interests – later this year…