Family Law Courts
The family law system in Australia is groaning under the weight of a vast backlog of more than 20,000 cases and families are waiting up to five years for bitter child custody and property disputes to be resolved…
A court has given the green light for a family lawyer to be sued for misleading and deceptive conduct over claims he failed to properly advise a woman about the consequences of signing a prenuptial agreement…
Australia’s Family Court system is in crisis but a new review offers some hope that we can at least take a step towards a better approach, argues family law specialist Jane Miller…
A Family Court judge has delivered a blistering judgment on the “culture of bitter, adversarial and highly aggressive family law litigation” in Sydney and blasted two law firms for charging “outrageous” fees…
A 16-year-old boy suffering from autism has been granted permission to begin sex change treatments, provided he has his sperm frozen in case he wants children…
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…
Federal court-filing fees are set to rise on 1 July with increases expected to raise more than $87 million…
Single judge has 700 cases on the go at one time. Judge Joe Harman can’t clear backlog despite sitting up to 10 hours a day. Parramatta Federal Circuit Court likened to a hospital emergency ward…
Attorney General George Brandis confirmed the Court fee increases for family law matters, which are expected to rise significantly above the current level of $845…
A judge recently took the “drastic step” of ordering that a girl, eight, who had lived with her mother since her parents separated when she was 13 months, instead live with her father…