What is "parental responsibility"? The purpose of “parental responsibility” is to allow the child to achieve their full potential as a person by the involvement of both of the children’s parents in the child’s life. How do the parents fulfil that responsibility? Parents are expected to maintain the child until the child reaches 18. [...]
From time to time one party to a marriage does not accept the relationship has ended. It was this scenario which occurred in a case before the court in Sydney recently. The wife filed for divorce in December 2017. The husband opposed the divorce being granted on the basis that he wanted the parties [...]
For separated couples, the Family Law Act sets out how property should be divided. A Common Family Law Myth One of the most common Family Law myths is the belief that superannuation is not included in this division of property. It is! Another common myth is that property is always divided equally. It isn’t! Let’s clarify what the law does [...]
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"I'm going through a divorce"- what does that really mean? Not surprisingly a lot of people use the term "divorce" when they are talking about a whole range of different aspects of their marriage breakdown. In legal terms there are a number of different issues that may arise following a marriage breakdown. Separation; Property [...]
Determining a percentage for property settlement requires a consideration of each spouse’s contributions. If one spouse receives a significant gift of money or property during the marriage which ultimately benefited the couple, either directly or indirectly it will be taken into account as a contribution by the spouse who received the gift, and that [...]
The eSafety Commissioner is responsible for promoting online safety for all Australians. The website for the eSafety Commissioner provides a wealth of free resources, videos and online safety programs that can assist a whole range of different people. Here is just some of what it provides: The website for the eSafety Commissioner is https://www.esafety.gov.au/ The [...]
There has been a lot of media attention recently on the proposed merger of the Federal Circuit Court and the Family Court of Australia. The Federal Government is pushing for it, but there is a lot of opposition to it, so what is actually going on? The Federal Government introduced two bills to the [...]
Part of the calculation of a child support assessment is based on the latest income data the CSA can get from the ATO. The best information is the newest information. If you don’t lodge your tax return there can be costly child support consequences. The Department of Human Services (DHS) – Child Support administers the [...]
Sometimes in parenting matters allegations of drug and alcohol use are made by one parent against the other parent. The best way to either “prove” or “defend” such allegations is to have the parent undergo drug/alcohol testing. So how does it work? In such matters it is important to consider: which test to obtain? How [...]
