De facto husband entered into a personal insolvency agreement to frustrate the effect of a partial property settlement order – Family Court of WA considers interaction between Bankruptcy Act 1966…
Court sets aside s 90B agreement where it was signed 2 days before the wedding – Duress, undue influence and unconscionable conduct established In the case of Parkes [2014] FCCA…
Interim spousal maintenance – Applicant wife working part-time and caring for two children – Respondent had capacity to pay, where he had redrawn loan facility and controlled a trust –…
Children – Court not satisfied that sexual abuse occurred but where mother’s belief of risk was reasonably held – No time to the father – Anxiety of the mother considered…
Children – Father’s self-harming de facto partner restrained from being present during children’s time with father – Restraint granted despite evidence of psychiatrist and family report writer that de facto…
Property Law Dispute Full Court upholds appeal as to assessment of post-separation contributions where parties had been separated for 10 years – Disparity between wife’s Newstart allowance (and child’s board)…
Children – Full Court considers whether an order made at an interim hearing for the enrolment of a child in a school was interim or final – Procedural fairness. Parents…
Communication is the key factor in ensuring the workability of parenting orders especially in regards to sharing parental responsibility. Most parents consider that when making long terms decisions about children…
Many matters that come before the court and practitioners in general contain unsubstantiated allegations of one thing or another. It is important for parents to put aside differences and consider…
Wifes distribution from family trust to pay school fees not added back. Her payment of school fees in advance treated as a contribution under Section 79 (4) In Alexiou [2012]…
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