If you are facing, or have ever faced, a Family Law related matter, you are likely to be familiar with the multi-faceted nature of proceedings. There’s existing property to deal with, management of any existing business founded during the relationship, spousal maintenance requests, child support, ...

As Victorians undergo Stage 4 Lockdown, many employees who may have returned to their workplace for a brief period have recommenced working from home. Whilst employees have returned to the home working environment, it may be that they are returning to a situation where they are at risk of family vio...

As of 8 July 2020 the Victoria-New South Wales (NSW) border has been officially closed in response to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Victoria. This decision marked the first border closure between the two states since the Spanish flu outbreak of 1919. The rules in relation to the border clos...

Relationship breakups dealing with the assets of high net-worth couples have been under discussion in the media.  Managing Partner of Nicholes Family Lawyers, Sally Nicholes, was recently invited to comment on the break-up of celebrity fitness couple Kayla Itsines and Tobi Pearce. Quoted recently i...

COVID-19 has “thrust adaptive changes upon the legal profession”and has prompted a “transition from the traditional way of practice”, observed Mr Teong Liang Yap, Chair of the Family Law and Children’s Rights Section LAWASIA and Managing Director of the Singapore family law firm TL Yap &am...

Where a child has been abducted or illegally detained in another country, recourse can often be made to the Hague Convention. The key aim of the Convention is to facilitate the return of abducted or retained children to their country of ‘habitual residence’ so that residence and contact issues c...

The World Congress on Family Law and Children’s Rights exists to enhance, promote and protect the human rights of children and young people, bringing together individuals and organisations from around the world who share a common concern about the rights of children and seek to influence the legal...

With many Victorians re-entering lockdown, the myriad challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic have just become much harder. Nicholes Family Lawyers wants you to know that we are here for you at this very difficult time. All our lawyers and support staff continue to work remotely and are in co...

The recent case of Coma & Coma [2020] FamCAFC 99 (‘Coma & Coma’) considered the issue of whether a Father, who was not party to the initial proceedings, has the right to appeal a decision to refuse to make a return order. On 17 December 2018, the Mother obtained the Father’s consent to...

Hidden away in the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 (the Act), being the legislation which binds the operation of the Children’s Courts of Victoria and the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), are 2 sections which allow DHHS to unilaterally make decisions without the input of paren...