Family Law

One of the primary objectives of the Court in parenting matters is to determine what the best interests of the children are and to make orders to that effect. In some circumstances, an Independent Children's Lawyer ('ICL') will be appointed. An ICL is a lawyer who...

What is a prenup? Prenup is a colloquial American term for a prenuptial agreement - an agreement entered into by people who intend to marry. In Australia, a prenup is known as a Binding Financial Agreement (or BFA), however most people will still refer to these...

Parents in dispute in the Family Court are usually ordered to get a family report, but not all family report writers are the same. A Family Report provides the court with an independent assessment of the issues in the case for the judge about child/children of the...

It is becoming the 'bread-and-butter' in Family Court proceedings that parties use print outs of text messages, emails and social media posts in their Affidavits. One judge recently said in Court, "It never ceases to astound me how many litigants in [the Family Court...

A question we frequently get asked by clients is whether or not they are in a de facto relationship.  Unlike a marriage, which has a formal piece of paper that identifies that the parties were married on a particular day, it is rare that there is any formal document...

You may have heard that government introduced “My Health Record” as an online summary of health information for every Australian commencing in 2018.  My Health Record provides you with access to your health information from any computer or device, as well as allowing...

What is a "prenup"? A "prenup" is a colloquial American term referring to an agreement entered into by people who are proposing to marry. The aim is to exclude either of them going to the Family Court if they ever separate, "protecting" by stating how in the "good...

Most of our clients, after divorce, wish to leave their assets to their children or new partner, not the ex. This is particularly so if you have been to the Family Court to resolve how to divide up the assets – you don't usually want to give even more of the net...

The Family Court has four areas that it deals with Property settlement; Spousal maintenance; Parenting matters; and Divorce Divorce  - it has nothing to do with property settlement. The term ‘divorce’ is often used as a blanket term by people going through a...