On 6 May 2024 major changes to the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth), were enacted. The changes include simplifying the factors determining the best interests of the child, eliminating the presumption of equal shared parental responsibility, and clarifying the circumstances for varying existing pa...
The first issue has been the constant changes in legislation, court policy and processes that have brought few noticeable improvements for children (or adults) when violence is involved in parenting disputes. Since theFamily Law Act 1975(Cth) was enacted, the system and its key players have endu...
This extensively amended the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) which governs parenting arrangements in circumstances of family breakdown. Significant changes introduced by the Amendment included requiring the Family Court to presume that giving both parents "equal shared parental responsibility" when making ...
Family Law Act 1975 In 1975‚ the Australian Government introduced theFamilyLawAct 1975 (Cth) in order to uphold a balance between spouses and de facto partners in regards to supporting and maintaining each parties legal rights. However‚ in recent years this legislation has caused growing dish...
The proposed appeal concerns orders made pursuant to s 70NEB(1)(b) of the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) ("the Act") against the mother. The mother was found to have contravened interim parenting orders, which had been made by consent, in that on the five occasions identified in the ...
The key amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act) introduced by the Bill include: employees employed as of 1 February 2023 (other than small business employees) will be immediately entitled to ten days of paid family and domestic violence leave, regardless of whether...
First, we explain the regulatory framework for the medical treatment of gender dysphoria in children and adolescents, including the development of the welfare jurisdiction under Section67ZC of the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth). We then provide an overview of the Re Imogen decision, and discuss the ...
This article describes the main findings of a three-year Australian Research Council funded project examining the operation of the Family Law Reform Act 1995 (Cth), which involved interviews with and surveys of judges, lawyers, court and private counselors and mediators as well as various stakeholde...
valid Proclamation under subsection 40(2) of the Family Law Act being made.1 The jurisdiction inrelation to de facto financial causes was conferred on the Family Court by the 2008 Act and thatconferral commenced on 1 March 2009 for each ... MA Neilsen,BD Section 被引量: 0发表: 0年 Bil...
(Cth), separated and divorced couples in dispute about future parenting arrangements have, with some exceptions, been required to make a bona fide attempt at mediation (known under the legislation as family dispute resolution [FDR]), before being permitted to put their dispute before a court. Wh...