Resolving family law matters can be challenging and stressful at the best of times, but right now it is especially hard due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Here is some information and updates about how the Coronavirus is impacting family law matters and what this may mean for you…

With people being encouraged to observe social distancing and isolation during the coronavirus outbreak, family lawyers are being asked how best to manage shared custody arrangements…

The Family Court and Federal Circuit Court will be combined as part of sweeping changes to the financially and emotionally crippling family law system, in an announcement by the Attorney-General Christian Porter today…

The Turnbull government is expected to shortly commence the biggest review of the Family Law Act since it was introduced in 1976, amid pressure from Pauline Hanson to address the rights of fathers under the Act…

A review of what ‘other’ payments can be accepted by Child Support where a payer is paying child support to a payee and where the payee does not agree that the payment made by the payer is for the support of the child(ren) or in other words… is paid as child support…

There are some legal firms today that are offering what is now commonly called a fixed-price divorce…

A FREE family law legal advice service is available for people who are scheduled to appear at the visiting Federal Circuit Court in Hervey Bay next week. ..

Children in court cases involving family disputes are in danger of going unheard because they are rarely given the chance to speak to judges directly, new research shows…

A community legal centre says more people in central Victoria are preparing to represent themselves in criminal and family law matters because of funding cuts at Legal Aid…

WE don’t expect Australia’s public health system to rely on doctors working for free. So why do we expect our legal safety net to rely on the goodwill of lawyers who do pro bono work?..