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Please choose from the list of Family law newsletters below. These family law newsletters are updated regularly.


Ordering a Parent to Relocate Interstate - January 2008
To order someone to relocate to another place requires the court to be satisfied that the practicalities of life equally or sufficiently exist in the place to which the party is required to move...

The Melbourne Project - December, 2007
The Law Council of Australia has announced a new initiative to encourage parties involved in family law disputes to consider arbitration and mediation as an alternative to court....

Commonwealth Ombudsman releases report on policy guidelines for assessing marriage-like relationships under social security law - November, 2007
The Commonwealth Ombudsman, Professor John McMillan, has released a report on policy guidelines for assessing marriage-like relationships under social security law....

Departing from a Child Support Assessment - October, 2007
The Child Support Agency makes assessments as to the amount of child support payments in relation to a child. If a parent is dissatisfied with this assessment, there is a limited opportunity for that parent to bring a court application to depart from the Agency’s assessment....

Relocation and Children - September, 2007
Family law cases often involve difficult issues for a court to resolve. Some of the most difficult cases relate to relocation, where one parent seeks to relocate with their child to a new place in Australia....

Changes to Child Support Agreements - August, 2007
The Commonwealth government has introduced a number of legislative changes impacting the circumstances of children on the breakdown of families....

Child Support Reforms - July, 2007
Over the past few years, the Commonwealth Government has reviewed a number of issues related to the circumstances of children on the breakdown of families, including shared parenting and child support....

Reform of the Child Support Scheme - June, 2007
Over the past few years, the Commonwealth Government has reviewed a number of issues related to the circumstances of children on the breakdown of families, including shared parenting and child support....

Adoption, Can it Happen against a Parent's Will - May, 2007
On 9 November 2006, the Family Court of Western Australia released its decision in Director of Community Development and Statewide Services and A , [2006] FCWA 113....

Parentage Should a Child Know the Truth - April, 2007
On 16 February 2007, the Full Court of the Family Court of Australia considered the sensitive question of whether a child should be advised as to her true parentage....

Departure from the Administrative Child Support Assessment - March, 2007
In December 2006, the Federal Magistrate’s Court once again ruled that child support need not necessarily be assessed on the payer’s income or earning capacity alone, but that a payer’s property and financial resources can be taken into account as well....

Full Court Considers Effect of Recent Changes to Family Law Act - February, 2007
On 15 December 2006, the Full Court of the Family Court of Australia released its decision in Goode v Goode , [2006] FamCA 1346....

Full Court considers Principles for Property Settlement - January, 2007
On 1 December 2006, the Full Court of the Family Court of Australia released its judgment in CCD v AGMD , [2006] FamCA 1291....

Uniform Surrogacy Laws a Step Closer - December, 2006
The States and Territories have agreed to work towards harmonising the laws that govern surrogacy, says Attorney-General Philip Ruddock...