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1: Family Court issues warning to parents planning on exploiting COVID-19 situation | April 12, 2020

The Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia, Will Alstergren, has a warning for any parent planning on abusing their custody situation during the COVID-19 pandemic…


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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: 4 things you need to know about Child Custody disputes | January 10, 2020

FOUR very important requirements you need to know now about Child Custody disputes before initiating Court proceedings…


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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: 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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7: 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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8: 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. ..


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9: What the Family Court shakeup really means for families | August 18, 2018

The family law system in Australia is groaning under the weight of a vast backlog of more than 20,000 cases and families are waiting up to five years for bitter child custody and property disputes to be resolved…


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10: NSW gun law reforms considered after John Edwards murder-suicide | July 10, 2018

FIREARMS checks would be linked to Family Court proceedings and the opinions of ex-wives and even doctors would be sought before a person is granted a licence under major reforms to be discussed this morning to stop tragedies like John Edwards shooting dead his Pennant Hills teenage kids…