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30 Sep Divorce! Who gets the dog? What happens to pets after human separation

Posted at 22:51h in Blog

by Michael Benedetti, Senior Associate We all find the perfect person, get married (or more modernly, co-habit) and live happily ever after – Right? Unfortunately not! For family lawyers, under the Family Law Act a de facto relationship exists where the persons involved: Divorce and separation amongst couples are almost as common an outcome as staying together these...

30 Sep Why I Am Determined To Help Fathers See Their Children Following Separation

Posted at 22:50h in Blog

Nearly 1.5 million Australians aged between 25-64 years are currently separated or divorced. It’s a scenario many people are impacted by at some point in their lives and sadly, often on more occasions than one. Unfortunately, the anger and heartache it causes is rarely bared equally and divorce does...

27 Sep The ‘slip rule’ – a Judge’s safety net? What is it and how does it work?

Posted at 06:41h in Blog

What’s the first thing that comes to your mind if I say ‘ slip rule ’? No, this is not some personal injury article about a guy slipping on a banana peel at Woolies… The ‘ slip rule’ is actually a commonly known concept across the legal fraternity...

27 Sep Did you know that the Family Law Courts can imprison you?

Posted at 06:37h in Blog

by Natasha Orr, Senior Associate Most people would associate imprisonment as a sentence ordered by a criminal court for a serious crime but it’s important to note that the Family Law Courts also have the power to order imprisonment. In the recent property settlement case of Okien & Nhan, the Court Ordered that...

27 Sep Are we in a de facto relationship?

Posted at 06:32h in Blog

by Michael Benedetti, Senior Associate To the most of us, the above question wouldn’t be a very hard to answer. However, in the world of online dating, casual flings and open relationships that question can become a whole lot harder to answer. For family lawyers, under the Family Law Act a de facto relationship exists where the...