psychiatric subpoenas in Court
21: Psychiatric records being aired in Family Court | August 22, 2015

Psychiatrists are handing their patients’ confidential records to the courts amid threats of jail, under a flourishing practice by solicitors of issuing “dirt digging” subpoenas…


property-settlement
22: Why Housing Boom is causing Headaches for Divorcees | August 13, 2015

Family lawyer Jacqueline Dawson says recent spikes in the market have contributed to more people deciding to continue living in the same house post-break-up…


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23: Divorce filing fees set for Significant Rise | June 20, 2015

Federal court-filing fees are set to rise on 1 July with increases expected to raise more than $87 million…


legal start-ups
24: Why mums are ditching large law firms | March 7, 2015

An emerging trend is that of female lawyers leaving large law firms to commence their own practices. While capitalizing on the high demand for clients unavailable during typical business hours and find legal services unaffordable, they are finding more time to look after their kids while closing the growing legal aid gap. ..


A "scandalous waste of taxpayers' money"
25: Government spends $500,000 fighting $6000 child support dispute | December 27, 2014

The Department of Human Services has spent more than half a million dollars of taxpayers’ money in legal fees fighting a child support dispute over $6000…


Chief Judge John Pascoe
26: Long Court Delays as Family Law Judges Retire but not Replaced | November 30, 2014

Parents locked in child custody disputes and couples going through acrimonious divorces will wait up to three years to have their cases finalised as “drastic underfunding” of the Federal Circuit Court and a mass exodus of retiring judges exacerbate already long waits…


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27: Fixed-Price Divorce Fees as Law Firms Compete for Business | November 6, 2014

There are some legal firms today that are offering what is now commonly called a fixed-price divorce…


gifting-property
28: Protecting Gifts to Children in the Event of Divorce | August 21, 2014

Parents wanting to help children buy their first home, but who want to retain control, can buy a property in their name or that of a trust. The problem is at some point the property must be transferred into the son or daughter’s name…


australian-taxation-office-and-divorce
29: Australian Taxation Office Just Made Divorce A Lot More Expensive | August 4, 2014

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has reversed its long held view, expressed in a number of private rulings, that the deemed dividend rules contained in Division 7A of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (ITAA 1936) do not apply where family companies distribute cash to either the husband or the wife as a result of Family Court Orders…


Estate-Planning
30: Report: Australians are unprepared for death | July 10, 2014

Files Stibbe Lawyers partner Dean Stibbe said he dealt with people all the time who were experiencing massive problems with their loved ones’ estates because they hadn’t made a legal will, power of attorney or other provisions…