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Egg 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 […]...
Read moreFamily Court assists litigant suffering PTSD in Appeal
The Appeals Division of the Family Court of Australia has recently released a judgement in the matter of Kovacs & […]...
Read moreDuress in Signing Financial Agreements
The issue of what constitutes duress when signing a Binding Financial Agreement was recently considered by the Full Court of […]...
Read moreOrders awarding the husband 71% of the assets available upheld on appeal
In The Full Court of the Family Court of Australia decision of Gao & Wang (2016) FLC 93-735 the Court […]...
Read moreTo act or not to act? An update on the case law regarding conflicts of interest
In a previous blog titled “To act or not to act?” we discussed the circumstances in which a Court may […]...
Read moreStep-Parent Adoption- A happy ending
On Friday 16 September 2016, our client was successful in adopting his step-daughter in the County Court of Victoria. A […]...
Read moreChildren’s Views in Abduction Cases
The Full Court of the Family Court of Australia decision of Colak & Viduka [2016] FamCAFC 79 reviewed the issues […]...
Read moreThe increasing trend of ‘bird’s nest parenting’
Increasingly some separated parents are adopting a ‘birds nest parenting’ approach following separation whereby their children remain in the family […]...
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 […]...
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