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The Federal Government has designed the Family Law Act to regulate separating couples property, and time with their children. The design of the Family…

On 11 August 2015, the Senate disallowed the recent increase (July 2015) in family law court fees. The Federal Government, not the family law…

DNA testing is often sought by parties in parenting or child support disputes where they have doubts about whether they, or the other party,…

Property Settlement Family Law http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/FamCAFC/2015/132.html…

We are really pleased for one of our family law clients whose matter settled very quickly with our assistance on fair and amicable terms…

Another big day for Freedom Law with cases at the Maroochydore Circuit Court today with Her Honour Judge Spelleken who deftly handles a very…

Great result for one of our Melbourne clients following a successful conciliation conference with a very knowledgeable and skilled Registrar of the Family Court….

We’re at the Newcastle Family Court today and it’s a chilly 11 degrees outside. The case today involves how the Court treats super pensions…

Have you ever wondered how spousal maintenance does or doesn’t happen? Then you might be interested in reading the recent case of Sadlier &…

The Federal Government has just increased family law court fees (seemingly a turnaround from its previous position) effective today. If you would like more…

The Queensland Law Society has published extensive information about the new residential E-Conveyancing platform soon to be operating in Queensland including answers to frequently…

“All solicitors as officers of court have an absolute overriding duty first and foremost to the court to serve public interest by ensuring that…

The Australian Government has produced the National Family Violence Bench Book as a best practice guideline for all courts dealing with domestic violence issues….

Korea has recently become a party to the Hague Convention. The Hague Convention enables children who have been wrongfully removed from one signatory country…

There seems to be a lot of speculation about whether interest rates will go up, down, or stay at their current historical low rates….

Legal Aid Queensland’s Commonwealth funding for 2015-16 will be reduced by $1.5M. This reduction follows a $3M cut to Legal Aid Queensland’s Commonwealth funding…

Today has been another day where the family law court has demonstrated that it doesn’t favour mothers, it doesn’t favour fathers, its looking out…