May 17 is IDAHOBIT, the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. IDAHOBIT is a day to draw attention to the discrimination experienced by LGBTI people internationally. The date is chosen to mark 17 May 1990 when the World Health Organisation removed homosexuality from its list...
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Australian Same-Sex Dancesport Championships 2017
On Saturday 4 February 2016 the team at Nicholes Family Lawyers were honoured to host two tables at the Australian Same-Sex Dancesport Championships held at the St Kilda Town Hall. Guests included Rowena Allen, Victorian Gender and Sexuality Commissioner and presenters from JOY 94.9. The event forms...
Read moreFamily Matters on Joy 94.9 – 8 December 2016
On the Family Matters show that aired on Joy 94.9 on 8 December 2016, Bec and the team spoke with Celeste from the Rainbow Connections Youth and Family Group and her fabulous daughter Charlotte. The Rainbow Connections Youth and Family Group is based in the Mornington Peninsula and supports gender d...
Read more‘Family Matters’ on Joy 94.9 (Thursday nights at 8.00pm)
Our Senior Associate, Bec Dahl is part of the team on ‘Family Matters’ on Joy 94.9 every Thursday night at 8.00pm. The show is an entertaining and informative look at all things relating to LGBTI families and their children including legal issues, fertility, community involvement and campaigns a...
Read moreFamily Matters – Joy 94.9 – Rainbow Families and the Law
Our Senior Associate, Bec Dahl, is part of the team on Family Matters on Joy 94.9 every Thursday night at 8.00pm. The program covers a wide range of issues relating to Rainbow Families, in an entertaining and informative way. On Thursday, 3 November 2016 the team’s special guests were Nicholes Fam...
Read moreEgg donor found to be a parent after proving existence of de facto relationship
In the case Clarence & Crisp [2016] FamCAFC 157 the Full Court of the Family Court recently released judgment identifying the legal parent of a child conceived through an artificial conception procedure. The appellant in the matter was the birth mother of the child, with the respondent being t...
Read moreAdoption Equality for Victoria
On 1 September 2016 changes to the Adoption Amendments (Adoption by Same-Sex Couples) Act 2015 came into effect. The changes to the Act represent a historical step forward in the fight for equality for Victoria’s LGBTI community. The changes allow couples in Victoria to adopt regardless of their s...
Read more‘Family Matters’ on Joy 94.9
You may have already heard our Senior Associate, Bec Dahl, on various programs on Joy 94.9, including Stand Up Straight and Chicks Talking Footy. This Thursday, 4 August 2016, she will be part of the team on Joy’s newest program “Family Matters” which will air on Thursdays at 8.00pm and replay...
Read moreSeparate finances means no property division for de facto couple
Where a de facto couple kept their finances separate for 27 years In the recent decision of Chancellor & McCoy [2016] FCCA 53 the Court found that it was not just and equitable to make an order altering property interests for a de facto couple that had been in a relationship for 27 years. The [&...
Read moreLGBTIQA+ Human Rights Crisis
On Wednesday, 4 May 2016, Sally Nicholes and the team at Nicholes Family Lawyers were honoured to host a Q&A panel with: Rowena Allen-Victorian Gender and Sexuality Commissioner Chris Bush– Co-author of the Safe Schools Program Jason Tuazon-McCheyne– Leader and Senate Candidate for t...
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