The Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia, Will Alstergren, has a warning for any parent planning on abusing their custody situation during the COVID-19 pandemic…

FOUR very important requirements you need to know now about Child Custody disputes before initiating Court proceedings…

A coalition of more than 60 legal organisations has urged the federal government to abandon a plan to scrap the Family Court as a stand-alone entity, warning that a proposed courts merger risks the safety of child and adult victims of family violence…

I am writing to draw your attention to the inquiry and to invite you or your organisation to make a submission to this inquiry. Submissions are due by 18 December 2019…

A divorced mother, known by her court appointed pseudonym as Ms Stewart, has sought an Order from the Court that her two children, one boy and one girl, upon reaching high school age, should be enrolled in two prestigious same-sex private schools, the son of which to follow in the father’s family tradition, she claimed, and attend the father’s and grandfather’s alma mater…

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

Federal court-filing fees are set to rise on 1 July with increases expected to raise more than $87 million…

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…

Parents locked in child custody disputes and couples going through acrimonious divorces will wait up to three years to have their cases finalised as “drastic underfunding” of the Federal Circuit Court and a mass exodus of retiring judges exacerbate already long waits…

Solicitors who specialise in helping female victims of Domestic Violence have been providing free, clandestine legal support to suspected victims of family violence, in hospital settings, while they have been receiving treatment for suspicious injuries. ..