With adoption waiting periods averaging 7 years or more and domestic surrogacy options being extremely limited, international commercial surrogacy arrangements are one of a few options available to gay dads to start a family. Following the Surrogacy Law reforms in India, Thailand experienced a signi...
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Are you in a de facto relationship and don’t know it?
Following the 2008 amendments to the Family Law Act 1975, if you are in a de facto relationship and separated finally on or after 1 March 2009, the Family Law Act 1975 applies to your relationship. A “de facto relationship” is defined in s4AA of the Family Law Act 1975 in summary, as a relations...
Read moreContributions No Longer Special
The recent decision of the Full Court of the Family Court of Australia in Hoffman & Hoffman [2014] FamCAFC 92 has finally marked the end of the concept or principle of special contributions. The idea that one spouse has made “special” contributions to the accumulation of the parties’ wealt...
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It’s Drive time on @JOY949 and at 4.40pm @nicholes_law Partner @becfamilylawyer will be discussing Jury Duty – how… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…