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High Court to decide if a sperm donor can be a parent

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Legally speaking who is a parent? It’s not a straight forward question for blended families, LGTBQI families, indigenous families with strong traditional kinship ties and children born via surrogacy or sperm or egg donation. The High Court of Australia is to hear a case commenced by a sperm donor known as Robert…

Nine most common traps for DIY wills

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While more Australians are aware of the importance of having a will, simply buying a do-it-yourself will kit from a newsagent and filling it out yourself can cause more problems than it solves.
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Can you sue for divorce caused by a cheating partner in Australia? Short answer, ‘No’, sort of

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Changes were made to the Family Law Act in 1975 that did away with moralising about infidelity…

Who is a parent? Sperm donor heads to the High Court to clarify parental rights

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An Australian girl’s biological mother and her sperm donor father have spent $1.5 million on a court feud over whether the biological father, who has played the role as father to the child since birth, should have any parental rights. ..

Mother loses legal fight to change child’s surname after divorce

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Ms Jones and Mr Beves are the parents of two children. The second child, Georgie, was born after the breakdown of the marriage. When Georgie was born, Ms Jones sought to register the surname ‘Jones’ and then as a compromise ‘ Beves -Jones’ for Georgie. She also has indicated that she wishes to change the older child’s surname to to ‘Beves -Jones’…

I’m a divorce lawyer and this is my pre-nup

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As a divorce lawyer practicing in Sydney for the last 15 years, I have learnt something important: the only person you can count on is yourself…