or Register

Cases published January 2019

Family Court of Australia Zaro & Zan [2019] FamCA 4 (11 January 2019) FAMILY LAW – JURISDICTION – STAY APPLICATION – proceedings commenced by wife in Australia for parenting and property orders – proceedings commenced by husband for divorce, child support, parenting and property proceedings in People’s Republic of China – husband sought stay…

Cases published December 2018

Family Court of Australia Macey & Liddell and Anor [2018] FamCA 1027 (7 December 2018) FAMILY LAW – CHILDREN – Interim – With whom a child spends time – Where the mother opposes the child spending any time with the father – Where the father seeks to spend time with the child under professional observation…

The new National ICL Training Program for family lawyers seeking to join an ICL panel-now live on the website

National Legal Aid was funded in 2017-18 by the Commonwealth Attorney Generals Department to develop a new national ICL training program to train legal practitioners as Independent Children’s Lawyers (ICLs). Previously the training was run by the Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia in collaboration with Legal Aid Commissions. The new program comprises…

Cases published November 2018

Family Court of Australia- FULL COURT Kerson & Blake [2018] FamCAFC 215 (12 November 2018) FAMILY LAW – APPEAL – PARENTING – INTERNATIONAL RELOCATION – Where the mother sought to return to the United States of America with the children – Application for relocation opposed by the father – Where the primary judge gave determinative…

Cases published October 2018

Family Court of Australia Adel & Banes [2018] FamCA 821 (10 October 2018) FAMILY LAW – CHILDREN – Parenting – where mother seeks parenting orders under the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) that she have sole parental responsibility and the child live with her and the father spend time with the child – where…

Cases published August/September 2018

Family Court of Australia Sahrawi & Hadrami [2018] FamCAFC 170 (4 September 2018) FAMILY LAW – APPEAL – PARENTING – Where the primary judge found that the father behaved in a psychologically coercive manner to secure sex from the mother based upon words said in a recorded telephone conversation between the mother and the father…

Cases published July/August 2018

Family Court of Australia Jillet & Murdoch (No. 2) [2018] FamCA 604 (10 August 2018) FAMILY LAW – COSTS – Where the Independent Children’s Lawyer seeks that the parties pay the ICL’s costs of the proceedings – Where the mother and father oppose paying costs – Where both parties have the financial capacity to…

Cases published April 2018

Family Court of Australia Lankester & Cribb [2018] FamCAFC 60 (6 April 2018) Parenting – Where the primary judge made orders changing the child’s primary residence, providing for a six-month moratorium on the time the child spends with the mother and providing for a supervised time regime ultimately leading to unsupervised time – Adequacy…

www.relationspaceonline.com.au online psychological support for separating parents

Many parents and children experiencing high conflict divorce and separation are in desperate need of psychological support. Court delays and costs mean that for many families, conflict and uncertainty add to their emotional stress. There is a lack of available, specialised psychological support for such families and desperately few places that family lawyers can refer…