A lawyer representing schoolgirl Layla Leisha has obtained a Family Court order allowing a public appeal for information about her whereabouts…

Judges who travel to regional areas to hear family law disputes are handling up to 70 matters a week and sitting until as late as 8pm to get through their caseloads…

Rockhampton solicitor Allan Grant believes a wait before a family court trial isn’t necessarily a bad thing. He said once a trial had been allocated, it could take three to six months to be heard…

CHILD welfare is being compromised and the safety of women put at risk because of unacceptable delays in the nation’s family law system, with courts in Sydney’s west reaching “crisis point”…

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…

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…

Women embarking on a first marriage and planning to have children should not enter into a prenuptial agreement because it is likely to financially disadvantage them later, family law experts warn…

THE federal government has dropped cases against 18 people charged with welfare fraud following a High Court ruling over retrospective legislation…

A 13-YEAR-OLD orphaned girl has been authorised to start hormone treatment to become a boy, despite having “no parents” to consent to the decision in a landmark legal case…

A LESBIAN couple and their sperm donor are fighting over the custody of their two children in a case that has become the new reality for family court proceedings…