When does physical discipline of a child become unlawful abuse?

The question arose in the case of a father who had beaten his two eldest children with a cricket bat, but who argued he should still be allowed to see his six-year-old son…

It seems everyone wants family law system reform. But the head of the Family Court says we should be wary of simple solutions to complex problems…

Psychiatrists are handing their patients’ confidential records to the courts amid threats of jail, under a flourishing practice by solicitors of issuing “dirt digging” subpoenas…

A redundancy is an asset that is subject to division if received or is expected to be received by one of the divorcing parties…

Martin Lee Segler, a WA solicitor has been dumped from the roll of practitioners following a string of professional misconduct findings made against him…

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…

The family law courts are chasing more than $1.4 million in unpaid fees amid criticism that increases introduced by the federal government in January are putting pressure on families…

A MELBOURNE mum has been ordered to install a breath-testing device in her home as part of a $20 million custody and property fight…

EMOTIONS can run high at Christmas as fractured families attempt to find common ground. Reminds me of something the late comic George Burns said: “Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.”..

AN ex-wife who is battling cancer has won a bitter court fight to stay put in a $3 million mansion in Queensland after a failed bid by her ex-husband to kick her out of the former marital home…