Majority of Divorcing Couples Settle Without Lawyers: AIFS Study
1: Majority of Divorcing Couples Settle Without Lawyers: AIFS Study | July 30, 2014

A recent large-scale AIFS study of post-separation property division in a decade — involving 9000 separated parents from around Australia — has found most divorcing couples manage to divide their assets themselves without lawyers…

Catchwords: Divorce, Financial Dispute, Marital Assets, Property, Property Dispute

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2: Divorce is costing the Australian economy $14 billion a year | July 6, 2014

In light of the staggering costs of divorce to the national economy in government assistance payments and court costs, Social Services Minister Kevin Andrews said he will act to establish an expert panel on early intervention, examine strategies to lower the divorce rate and better identify and assist vulnerable children and young people…

Catchwords: Child Support Enforcement, Divorce, Divorce, Family Tax Benefit, Free Counselling Vouchers, Relationship Counselling Voucher, Rent Assistance, Research, Single Parents Pension

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3: Single dad families growing at twice the rate of lone-mum families | May 9, 2013

ONE of the fastest growing social groups in Australia is single parents. According to the 2011 census, there are more than 902,000 single parents with children under 15…

Catchwords: Single fathers