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5 Tips For Finding the Right Family Lawyer
5 May 2021 | Family LawKnowing where to go and what to look for in a family lawyer can be overwhelming, especially at such a difficult time in your life. Keep in mind that you will have to discuss some very personal issues including your children, your assets, and your financial circumstances, so finding a lawyer you feel...
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Making difficult relationship decisions during COVID-19
15 September 2020 | Family LawWhether you have already separated, are contemplating separation, or are concerned that your significant other may be contemplating separation, we know that the current COVID-19 restrictions are complicating relationship problems for many people like...
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Setting aside Binding Child Support Agreements – COVID-19, the unprecedented and ‘exceptional’ circumstance
6 August 2020 | Family LawThe COVID-19 pandemic has had various and far reaching consequences. The global impact cannot be understated and the law has been no exception. A recent decision of the Family Court of Australia identifies one such impact to binding child support...
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Who is a parent?
5 August 2019 | Family LawScientific advancements in assisted reproduction, increased availability of donor material and growing cultural acceptance of surrogacy and artificial conception means that the definition of family, or who is a parent, is evolving very rapidly, but has...
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Out of the mouths of babes: information gathered from children in family law proceedings
29 August 2018 | Family LawChildren as reporters of fact pose a difficult problem for the legal system, as the system is fundamentally designed to test the evidence of adults. This article examines the available methods of providing the court with information from children in...
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Children’s wishes in family law proceedings - relevant but not determinative
10 April 2017 | Family LawThe High Court of Australia has recently reiterated that children’s wishes are relevant, but not determinative, in parenting proceedings arising under the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) (the Act). The case of Boldemonte v Boldemonte delivered on 1 March...
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