Another big money divorce in Melbourne, Australia between billionaire Solomon Lew and wife Rosie Lew…

ONE of the nation’s top judges has called for a separate, less ­formal tribunal to deal with family law cases involving extreme domestic violence, arguing that the current adversarial system is not the right place for women who have been badly abused…

A lawyer representing schoolgirl Layla Leisha has obtained a Family Court order allowing a public appeal for information about her whereabouts…

WHAT happens to your super when you get divorced? In theory the super assets are included in a couple’s total balance sheet and split just like any other asset. The couple can do this by mutual agreement or the Family Court can enforce its decision on the couple…

The new laws declare that de facto couples who satisfy basic criteria – such as being in the relationship for at least two years – will be treated in the Family Court in the same way as a married couple. It also applies to same-sex couples…

With the ATO’s information-gathering powers seemingly ever-expanding, the “long arm of the law” is taking on a whole new meaning. But that long arm doesn’t always reach as far as the Commissioner might like…

A redundancy is an asset that is subject to division if received or is expected to be received by one of the divorcing parties…

Between 2010 and mid-2013, more than 3600 couples, where one partner was aged 70 or over, lodged divorce applications in the Family Court or Federal Circuit Court, court statistics show…

Rockhampton solicitor Allan Grant believes a wait before a family court trial isn’t necessarily a bad thing. He said once a trial had been allocated, it could take three to six months to be heard…

Justice Diana Bryant said access to legal aid was already a problem in the Family Court, and she was worried about the impact of a further $15 million in Commonwealth funding cuts outlined in the budget…