On 1 July 2015, NFL posted about the Senate voting on 25 June 2015 to disallow the proposed amendments to the Family Law Regulations which would have increased fees payable to the courts in family law matters significantly. See this post here. Unfortunately, despite the Senate voting against the pro...
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Breastfeeding and Risk to a Child
In a case that made media headlines recently, a mother was initially restrained from breastfeeding her child due to the perceived risk of transmitting a disease to the child following the mother obtaining a tattoo. The mother appealed the decision and the Full Court of the Family Court of Australia,...
Read moreCan overseas child support liabilities be recovered in Australia?
In Australia, you can apply to register child support liabilities that have arisen under an order made by, or registered in, a court of reciprocating jurisdiction. The list of reciprocating jurisdictions includes countries such as the US, the UK, India and Singapore. A full list of all reciprocating...
Read moreSignificant Step for Marriage Equality
26 June 2015 will be marked in future history books as the moment same-sex marriage was declared legal across the United States. It was an historic triumph for the American gay rights movement when the Supreme Court made its ruling granting marriage rights to all citizens of the United States. Jus...
Read moreNFL presence in Cambodia
One of our lawyers, Linda Rayment, is currently representing Nicholes Family Lawyers in Phnom Penh, Cambodia to support and assist the Hon Alastair Nicholson on behalf of Children’s Rights International (CRI). The Hon Alastair Nicholson is the Chairman of CRI and our managing partner, ...
Read moreLaw Council of Australia expresses grave concern about ‘gaping holes’ in Family Court judicial roster
On 2 July 2015, the Law Council of Australia published a media release condemning the Federal Government’s failure to replace retiring Family Court judges. As highlighted in the media release, judges rarely retire on short notice. In spite of that, there are sometimes up to 20 month gaps between o...
Read morePeak body issues warning to non-family lawyers tempted to dabble in family law financial agreements
The Legal Practitioners’ Liability Committee (LPLC) recently issued a warning to non-family lawyers dabbling in Financial Agreements under the Family Law Act. The LPLC said that there was a trend emerging in claims relating to such agreements where non-family lawyers were advising on Financial Agr...
Read moreSignificant Increases to Many Family Law Filing Fees Will Not Take Effect
Amendments to the regulations setting out the fees payable upon filing family law documents in the Family Court of Australia and Federal Circuit Court of Australia were due to commence on 1 July 2015. These regulations were to implement significant increases to a number of the fees payable to the co...
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