How often do we hear of family members (non-parents) stepping up to care for children when for some reason one or both parents cannot.Can they or indeed another non-parent such as an aunt or older sibling apply for a parenting order to define their authority?...
A lot can happen in a few months and the legal landscape has changed as well for this type of case. For a long time the rule in Rice and Asplund applied. That is, the Court must first find a significant change in circumstances.The new section 65DAAA of the Family Law...
Family (also often called discretionary ) trusts have been protecting assets, policing family benefit sharing, simplifying inheritance and spreading family income and the tax that goes with it.On average, many of those trusts can theoretically benefit...
Divorce is the legal end of a marriage (dissolution of marriage). Australia has ‘no fault’ divorce. This means that when granting a divorce, the Court does not consider the reason/s the marriage ended. Neither spouse needs to prove that the other did (or did not) do...
What is Family Violence?Family violence is defined in s5 of the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 (Vic) as being behaviour that is physically, psychologically, emotionally, economically abusive or otherwise threatening, coercive or dominating behaviour...
