family law act
The threats to kill, strangle and maim pets are becoming part of the regular revenge tactics of divorcing couples as they argue over the custody of children and animals…
In Australia a pre-nup is simply a binding financial agreement that sits under the Family Law Act. It’s a legal contract that can be entered into by married couples, same-sex couples and those in de facto relationships…
An upcoming decision in the Family Court is set to test the controversial legislation on which these prenups are based…
A JUDGE has likened parties in a custody feud between a millionaire businessman and the former flame whom he helped to conceive a child through IVF to warring Shakespearean families…
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…
MORE and more families are taking steps to confirm their childrens parentage. But experts say it doesn’t have to be a negative and nasty experience. ..
AN INDIGENOUS woman has won a legal bid to evict her former partner from a remote Queensland island that belongs to her clan…
A SPERM donor who secretly fathered two girls in two Australian states four years apart will raise his eldest daughter and have sole rights to decide where she goes to school after winning a bitter custody dispute…
The Family Court judge dismissed an application from the mother and Orders were made for the children to return to Italy.
We address five commonly held misconceptions surrounding the case and address them via the reasoning of Family Court Justice Colin Forrest’s judgment…
Australians paying women in India to have their babies are being overcharged by clinics taking advantage of the booming demand for commercial surrogacy, advocacy groups warn…