FAMILY law matters in indigenous communities will be heard outside courtrooms and a team established to help Aborigines under a plan being considered by the Federal Circuit Court…

The Australian high court has ruled that New South Wales must recognise a third gender after handing down its decision in the long-running case of Norrie, who has been fighting since 2010 to have a sex change recognised as non-specific…

In a speech titled ”Everything I’ve Always Wanted To Say”, recently retired Family Court judge Linda Dessau says overly combative family lawyers can give parents misguided advice and put families through unnecessary, drawn-out legal battles…

A Queensland newspaper has been fined $120,000 for illegally identifying a family involved in a court custody battle. This was in breach of Section 121 of the Family Law Act 1975…

WEALTHY husbands who split from their wives after a long marriage are less likely to walk away with the lion’s share of the assets following a landmark full Family Court decision…

A MUM who has gone to court to fight her ex-husband’s bid to have their children vaccinated says the procedure is akin to sterilisation or gender reassignment…

If you successfully represent yourself, the costs you can recover from the other party are strictly limited…

TWO short pregnancies were among the reasons a woman should get a larger property settlement from her millionaire former defacto, a judge has found…

An Egyptian national has evaded Australian authorities for weeks as his Australian wife and toddler remain stranded in Egypt amid a dramatic international custody dispute. A warrant was issued for the arrest of Mazen Hassan Baioumy, 36, earlier this month …..

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…