News & Articles Children's Cases Program
A trial program is being conducted in the Sydney and Parramatta registries
of the Family Court in contested children’s cases.
Relocation Cases
Increasingly cases are coming before the Courts where one party seeks
to relocate with children interstate or overseas from where they were
living after separation.
Medical Procedures Cases
At law, parents automatically have responsibility for making various decisions
affecting their children’s long term care, welfare and development.
New Family Law Rules
On 29
March 2004, the new Family Law Rules commenced operation.
Marriage
Amendment Bill 2004
This legislation seeks to create a definition of “marriage”,
and not to recognise overseas marriages between same sex couples.
Superannuation in Family
Law cases
On 28 December 2002, the law in relation to superannuation in Family
Law cases involving marriage only was changed.
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