As a general rule you should have your Will amended (or get a new Will drafted if amending isn’t possible) when you experience a major change in your life or a significant event…

Two gay dads have become the first in Australia to have started a family via overseas surrogacy and successfully gained full parental rights…

Amendments to the Family Law Act that changed the way the law addresses family violence in family law matters came into force from 7 June 2012…

Financial planners and accountants need to know how their clients’ relationship status is seen in the eyes of the law, according to lawyer Nabil Wahhab, or things like super splitting after a break-up can get very complicated…

WEALTHY fly-in, fly-out workers are getting pre-nups to avoid losing their assets in relationship break-ups. Perth family lawyers say the recent wave of mine workers seeking legal protection before marriage is a shift from their usual demographic of older clients …..

Fallen swim star Grant Hackett claims a botched pre-nuptial agreement with pop star wife Candice Alley has left him with financial losses…

Self-managed superannuation funds are a new battlefront for affluent divorcing couples seeking their fair share of assets, which stay legally bound long after the relationship is over…

MORE couples are divorcing online as time-poor partners favour a more convenient way to separate…

The Family Court has reinforced the reasoning that it does not have the power to make Orders regarding an unborn child and under the Family Law Act the Family Courts jurisdictional power only extends to children once born…

Jess was aided by the police and the Illawarra Women’s Health Centre, which is hosting a series of legal information sessions to educate women considering leaving a difficult relationship…