Family Law Reform

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1: Family Court report writer charged with sexually abusing three children | January 1, 2020

An accused paedophile has been used as an expert by the Family Court in custody disputes that involve allegations of child sexual abuse…

2: Equal parental responsibility is failing children, inquiry hears | December 29, 2019

Australia’s family law system is failing to protect children by misleading separated parents into believing their children have to spend time with their ex-partner, even if they are dangerous, one of the nation’s largest children’s charities has warned…

Catchwords: Equal Shared Parental Responsibility, Evaluation of the 2006 Family Law Reforms, Family Law Act, Family Law Act, Family Law Reform, Inquiry, Parental Responsibility Orders, Presumption of Equal Shared Parental Responsibility, Shared Parental Responsibility Amendment 2006, Substantial and Significant Time, Substantial and Significant Time

3: ‘Safety must come first in family law’: Legal groups reject merger plan | November 11, 2019

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…

Catchwords: 2019 Family Court Inquiry, Family Law Reform, Merger

4: Invitation to make a submission – Inquiry into Australia’s Family Law System | November 1, 2019

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…

Catchwords: 2019 Family Court Inquiry, Actual Bias, Apprehended Bias, Child Support, Complaints against Judiciary, Complaints against Lawyers, Court Access, Court Decision, Court Delays, Court Fees, Court Fees, Divorce, Family Law Act, Family Law Courts, Family Law Reform, Inquiry

5: Women lie about DV to get kids in Family Court, Hanson claims | September 18, 2019

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has accused women of making up domestic violence claims in order to get custody of their children, as she defended a new parliamentary inquiry into the family law system…

Catchwords: 2019 Family Court Inquiry, Child Custody Dispute, False Allegations, Family Law Reform, Family Violence, Violence Research

6: Government to review Family Court after pressure from Pauline Hanson | September 17, 2019

The government launched the inquiry to look into concerns including the onus of proof required to gain an apprehended violence order, the cost of the court process and claims of false evidence being used against former partners…

Catchwords: 2019 Family Court Inquiry, False Allegations, Family Courts Violence Review, Family Law Reform, Family Violence, Family Violence Intervention Orders, Victims of Domestic Violence, Violence Research

7: IVF win for Vic women split from spouse | June 5, 2019

Women will no longer need the approval of their former partner to access IVF in Victoria using their own eggs and donor sperm…

Catchwords: Egg Donation, In Vitro Fertilisation, Parental Rights, Reproductive Medical Assistance, Sperm Donation

8: Tardy family lawyers could be forced to pay costs | August 22, 2018

Family lawyers could be hit with personal costs orders if they fail to help resolve disputes as “quickly, inexpensively and efficiently” as possible and if their fees become disproportionate to the issues in dispute, under laws to be introduced to parliament today…

Catchwords: Family Law Act, Family Law Act 1975, Family Law Reform, Federal Circuit Court and Family Court Merger 2018, Legal Fees

9: What the Family Court shakeup really means for families | August 18, 2018

The family law system in Australia is groaning under the weight of a vast backlog of more than 20,000 cases and families are waiting up to five years for bitter child custody and property disputes to be resolved…

Catchwords: 2018 review of the family law system, Family Law Reform, Federal Circuit Court and Family Court Merger 2018, Merger

10: NSW gun law reforms considered after John Edwards murder-suicide | July 10, 2018

FIREARMS checks would be linked to Family Court proceedings and the opinions of ex-wives and even doctors would be sought before a person is granted a licence under major reforms to be discussed this morning to stop tragedies like John Edwards shooting dead his Pennant Hills teenage kids…

Catchwords: Gun reforms, Gun reforms, Murder-Suicide

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