A TEENAGER who claims her Indian husband only married her so he could get Australian citizenship has failed to have the marriage declared null and void…

MORE divorced couples are going to war over their pets and organising custody agreements…

HER former husband thought she was perfectly capable of supporting herself as a legal secretary or personal assistant after their marriage broke down. But having emerged from the ”long, expensive and fraught litigation” that followed their separation, the woman wanted nothing more to do with lawyers or the law – and the Family Court has ordered her former husband pay her $1000 a week while she retrains for another career.
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FOR more than 25 years, volunteers at the Parramatta Family Law Courts have lent an ear to those in need. Now, as many of the mature-age helpers decide to retire, there is a genuine fear that the group’s dwindling numbers will leave visitors and their families without support. ..

She was married to a man worth more than $260 million, lived a luxurious life and wanted for nothing – but it all came to an end when they split. Now she is seeking a $35 million settlement, arguing she is entitled to maintain and enjoy the lifestyle to which she became accustomed during the marriage. ..

A COURT has ordered that an Australian mother enrol her children in Spanish classes to learn the culture and customs of their father’s homeland…

Binding financial agreements are hardly the most romantic of topics for a couple to discuss before they get married or move in together but it is for good reason that they should be raised early in any new relationship…

THE Family Court has given a Queensland couple permission to have a hysterectomy performed on their profoundly disabled 11-year-old daughter. ..

AN Adelaide mother went to court to prevent her daughter from referring to her ex-husband’s new wife as “Mum” or “Mummy” or “my other Mummy”…

AN EXPLOSION in online romances is making the toughest Family Court issue even tougher, with more divorcees than ever wanting to move their children interstate or overseas to be with a new partner…