Can a marriage be legal if your new wife or husband refuses to have sex with you – not just on the wedding night, but ever? The short answer is “No!”..

The High Court has torn up a prenuptial agreement between a wealthy Australian property developer and his online bride, who was pressured into signing the document after he threatened to call off the wedding…

A surrogate mother has been stripped of her parental rights after the baby boy’s biological parents won a court battle to erase her from the child’s life…

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…

When does physical discipline of a child become unlawful abuse?

The question arose in the case of a father who had beaten his two eldest children with a cricket bat, but who argued he should still be allowed to see his six-year-old son…

Staring, withdrawing affection or threatening a divorce are now defined­ as domestic violence in the first national guidelines for judges and magistrates…

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…

Psychiatrists are handing their patients’ confidential records to the courts amid threats of jail, under a flourishing practice by solicitors of issuing “dirt digging” subpoenas…

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…