At Nicholes Family Lawyers, we are an LGBTIQ+ friendly law firm with a specialist focus on issues affecting LGBTIQ+ communities and the surrounding law. To better improve our practice, on 17 January 2019 we welcomed Rei Alphonso from Thorne Harbour Health to discuss how we can best deliver inclusive...
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LGBTIQ+ Rights Around the World
In 2017 Australia joined a list of 25 countries around the world where same-sex marriage has been legalised. The list includes 17 European countries, South Africa, Canada, New Zealand, Argentina, Brazil, the United States and Colombia. However, there are still many countries where homosexuality is c...
Read moreBec Dahl, Senior Associate, on JOY94.9
For the past 3 years, Senior Associate, Bec Dahl has been an announcer on JOY94.9. JOY is Australia’s only GLGBTI radio station, and is committed to providing a voice for diverse communities, enabling freedom of expression, the breaking down of isolation and the celebration of the community...
Read morePODCAST: LGBTIQ & Family Law
In this podcast, host Dean Beck joins Nicholes Family Lawyers’ Senior Associate, Bec Dahl, and Associate, Alastair Noakes, to discuss important Family Law issues that affect the LGBTIQ community. Bec covers topics such as Intervention Orders, Family Violence, Adoption, Surrogacy, Co-parenting, Rel...
Read moreFamily Violence and the LGBTI Community
The Family Violence Protection Act 2008 (Vic) (“the Act”) defines ‘family violence’ as behaviour by a person towards a family member of that person that is physically or sexually abusive, emotionally or psychologically abusive, economically abusive, threatening or coercive, or in any other w...
Read moreRe Kelvin decision a positive outcome for transgender children
After much anticipation, the Full Court of the Family Court delivered their judgment in Re Kelvin. The Court held that children with Gender Dysphoria who wish to commence Stage 2 hormonal treatment no longer require court authorisation to commence the treatment. Previously, the parents of transgende...
Read moreIDAHOBIT – the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia
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...
Read moreAustralian 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 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 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...
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When a U.S. court loses its exclusive, continuing jurisdiction over a child custody matter... This is an often overlooked i…
Important new case from @ECHR_CEDH. Vavřička v Czech Rep has found no violation of parent or child's Art 8 rights with re…
New push to cut use of gender-specific terms in schools - Herald Sun @JOY949 @JOY949news @EqualityProj_au … twitter.com/i/web/status/1…