Muslim women value their membership within their religious community; making them aware of the various options they can access to gain a religious divorce is an important way they can claim their religious rights and freedom.
1: What are Muslim women’s options in religious divorce? | June 11, 2020

Both Muslim men and women are allowed to divorce in the Islamic tradition. But community interpretations of Islamic laws mean that men are able to divorce their wives unilaterally, while women must secure their husband’s consent…


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2: Coronavirus outbreak and the impact on parents with shared custody | March 19, 2020

With people being encouraged to observe social distancing and isolation during the coronavirus outbreak, family lawyers are being asked how best to manage shared custody arrangements…


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3: Family Court report writer charged with sexually abusing three children | January 1, 2020

An accused paedophile has been used as an expert by the Family Court in custody disputes that involve allegations of child sexual abuse…


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4: ‘Safety must come first in family law’: Legal groups reject merger plan | November 11, 2019

A coalition of more than 60 legal organisations has urged the federal government to abandon a plan to scrap the Family Court as a stand-alone entity, warning that a proposed courts merger risks the safety of child and adult victims of family violence…


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5: Invitation to make a submission – Inquiry into Australia’s Family Law System | November 1, 2019

I am writing to draw your attention to the inquiry and to invite you or your organisation to make a submission to this inquiry. Submissions are due by 18 December 2019…


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6: Family Court Judge’s ruling overturned by Appeal Court as a ‘gross miscarriage of justice’ | July 21, 2019

A Brisbane judge who sentenced a father of two to jail for contempt of court in a family law case has been sharply criticised by Family Court appeal judges, who described his decision as an “affront to justice”…


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7: High Court agrees sperm donor is father as he was involved in girl’s life | June 19, 2019

The High Court has found a man who donated his sperm to a lesbian friend to have a child is the father, due to his involvement in the child’s life…


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8: Secret recordings flooding Family Court trials | May 26, 2019

Can video or audio recordings be used in the Family Court? on Law Report – Separate stories podcast..


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9: High Court to decide if a sperm donor can be a parent | April 16, 2019

Legally speaking who is a parent? It’s not a straight forward question for blended families, LGTBQI families, indigenous families with strong traditional kinship ties and children born via surrogacy or sperm or egg donation. The High Court of Australia is to hear a case commenced by a sperm donor known as Robert…


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10: Who is a parent? Sperm donor heads to the High Court to clarify parental rights | March 7, 2019

An Australian girl’s biological mother and her sperm donor father have spent $1.5 million on a court feud over whether the biological father, who has played the role as father to the child since birth, should have any parental rights. ..