Category - Family & Divorce
Australia’s Family Court system is in crisis but a new review offers some hope that we can at least take a step towards a better approach, argues TGB partner and accredited family law specialist Jane Miller in a special guest column for InDaily.
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Marriage isn’t only about love – there is a big legal aspect to it as well. TGB partner Rosemary Caruso explains the everyday impact of same-sex marriage for couples.
On December 7 2017 the Federal Government finally legalised same-sex marriage and the legislation commenced the following day.
Now that marriage equality...
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December 7, 2017, will be forever marked in Australian history as the date which the Australian Government finally passed legislation to legalise same sex marriage. Just a day later the same -ex marriage bill was made law.
For many the date is evokes feelings of joy and elation and reward for tireless efforts of many to campaign...
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For families living in fear of domestic violence, changes to the law around restraining orders in WA offer greater protections, writes Tindall Gask Bentley lawyer Kate Major.
The statistics tell an ugly, shameful truth about domestic and family violence in Australia.
1 in 5 Australian women, and 1 in 22 men, have experienced...
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Australia’s surrogacy laws don’t offer enough protection to the children so wanted by their parents. It is time to put these children first and overhaul our nation’s surrogacy laws, writes TGB managing partner Morry Bailes in his latest column for InDaily, South Australia’s largest independent news provider.
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The impact of a nasty divorce on children and former spouses is well known. But what about a good divorce? What does a good divorce look like and how do you do it?
For the first time, Australian researchers are looking into what it takes for couples with kids to separate well.
In this latest episode of “Surviving Separation”...
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Australia’s Family Law Court is drowning under its workload. Such is the backlog that, in South Australia, our single Family Court judge and five of the six Federal Circuit Court judges are now listing trials for 2019
But why is it like this and what can people who are contemplating separation do to avoid this stress?...
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Tindall Gask Bentley Lawyers welcomes the review of Australia’s family law system in the hope it will ease the pressure on families going through separation.
The review, announced this morning by federal Attorney-General George Brandis, promises to focus on how the Family Law Act can better serve the changing needs and diversity...
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Christmas is fast approaching. For separated families it is a potentially difficult time if former partners can’t agree over care arrangements for the children over the holiday period.
If you have children with a former partner, now is the time to sort out those care arrangements. Getting a headstart on this will help avoid...
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