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Rare bipartisan support for new super splitting law
By Lloyd Skinner Single, older, and non-home owning women have been identified as being increasingly at risk of economic hardship including homelessness and poverty (Darab & Hartman, 2013). This problem is significantly caused by issues of family breakdown such as...
read moreHow has Pauline Hanson influenced changes recently made to Australia’s Family Law system?
By Lloyd Skinner Outspoken, controversial, and offensive, One Nation party leader, Senator Pauline Hanson is a strident critic of Australia’s family law system. What does Senator Hanson believe about the family law system? And do any of her criticisms have viability?...
read moreThe Family Court Merger: can they do it?
By Lloyd Skinner Following the recent passage of the court merger legislation creating the combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (FCFCA), officially commencement is set to occur on 1 September 2021. We want to explore the procedural changes that...
read moreIf it is not just and equitable, don’t bother. Are oral agreements enforceable in a family law property case?
By Lloyd Skinner Should you and your partner make an oral agreement regarding the separation of your property it is important to recognise how the family court regards informal agreements if your matter is litigated. Oral agreements are not legally binding, but if...
read moreMultiple breaches of a Parenting Order? Go directly to jail, do not pass go
By Jessica Coles-Black In the recent Family Court decision of Kalant & Jordain [1],a mother was ordered to a term of 14 days imprisonment for breaching interim parenting orders. How did this happen? How can you ensure this does not happen to you? Ordinarily,...
read moreTips on How to Manage your Marriage or Defacto Separation
By Jessica Coles-Black Separating or divorcing from your spouse is one of the most stressful and emotional periods in a person’s life. There are often many moving variables to consider whilst trying to finalise your separation. It can be slow moving and...
read moreParental Alienation and Resist Refuse Dynamics
By Lloyd Skinner Parental alienation is the pattern of behaviour which involves one parent acting in certain ways that undermine and denigrate the relationship of the other parent with the child. Alienating behaviours induced by a parent onto a child are usually done...
read moreWould you go to the High Court over a 23 day marriage?
In the recent and unusual matter of Hsiao v Fazarri, the Husband, who had only been married for 23 days, sought a property settlement in the Family Court. The matter seems straight forward, so how did it end up in the High Court of Australia? The Husband, Mr Fazarri,...
read moreBreaches of Intervention Orders in Victoria
Court-sanctioned Family Violence Intervention Orders (FVIO) are the first port of call for victims of family violence. Anna Goldsborough, a magistrate specialising in family violence, believes that intervention orders are a crucial method in curbing actions of future...
read moreHow is superannuation split in an Australian property settlement? Is it always 50/50?
By Jessica Coles-Black Ordinarily, in a property settlement, superannuation is considered separate to parties’ non-superannuation property. This means that the percentage division applied to the parties’ non-superannuation property pool does not necessarily equate to...
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