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Category: Children and Parenting
Time with children at Christmas, after separation – cut off date for court applications
If you have been unable to resolve parenting arrangements for Christmas and you need the Court to assist, you will need to file your Application for Parenting Orders by 4.00 pm on the second Friday of November if it is to be heard before Christmas. In 2021, this is Friday 12 November 2021.
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Challenging a child support assessment
In this blog, we explore on what grounds you may be able to challenge a Child Support assessment, how to challenge it and time limits in place.
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What is a Conciliation Conference in family law matters?
In this blog, we explore Conciliation Conferences as a means to negotiating your family law dispute without going to trial.
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Support services available for children after separation
There is a wide variety of publicly funded and private services available that can help your children during and following separation from your former partner.
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Support services available for parents after separation
There is a wide variety of publicly funded and privately available courses, programs and resources that can help you as a parent, and your children, following separation.
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The relationship between child protection laws and family law
Many different areas of law often intersect with the family law jurisdiction. One of the most common is child protection law. We look at the intersection of child protection laws and family law, including how Court Orders work in both jurisdictions.
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Children’s passports in family law matters
Disputes can arise after separation or divorce about whether the child can travel overseas, have an Australian passport or which parent holds the child’s passport. There may also be a risk of a parent unlawfully removing a child from Australia.
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Compliance with Parenting Orders
This article explores the different options available if there has been a contravention (or breach) or non-compliance with a Parenting Order.
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Grandparents’ rights to see their grandchildren
The law provides children with the right to spend time with people significant to their care, welfare and development, such as grandparents. This ‘right’ lies with the children in question, but not with the grandparents. Learn more.
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Child inclusive Family Dispute Resolution (FDR)
Child inclusive Family Dispute ResultoFDR is exactly what it sounds like – dispute resolution between parents that takes into consideration the child’s point of view.
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The Hague Convention and international child abduction
Some families are often made up of members from different countries and some families also move from one country to another for work or personal reasons. What happens when parents separate and one parent takes a child out of (or remains in) a country without permission of the other parent?
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Parenting disputes about vaccinations
Whether or not to vaccinate a child is a contentious area as more parents become vocally opposed to vaccinations. This is certainly the case for separated families where one parent opposes vaccination of their children and the other parent seeks it.
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