It is not uncommon for a parent to be concerned that their ex-partner is going to take the children abroad without permission. In these circumstances, an application can be made to place the children on the Family Law Watchlist. This prevents the children leaving the country without the permission of both parents or a Court Order to do so.
Child Support Act and Family Law
Child Support Act, It is commonly recognized that both parents have a financial obligation to contribute towards the cost of raising their child. The national Child Support Agency under Services Australia is responsible for delivering the child support scheme in addition to regulating, collecting, and administering child support services. They are your first point of call for any child support queries you may have.
Child Support Act and Family Law
Child Support Act, It is commonly recognized that both parents have a financial obligation to contribute towards the cost of raising their child. The national Child Support Agency under Services Australia is responsible for delivering the child support scheme in addition to regulating, collecting, and administering child support services. They are your first point of call for any child support queries you may have.
Understanding Spousal Maintenance and how it works?
In property settlement matters some parties may be seeking that their partner makes a lump sum payment or for a particular period of time make ongoing payments by way of support. It is important to understand that even if you do not have children with your former partner, you still may be required to pay to them a sum of monies (either in a lump sum or ongoing), which is known as “Spousal Maintenance”.
What is Spousal Maintenance?
Change Your Child’s Surname
Changing a child’s surname post-separation is a common occurrence in family law. The process is relatively straightforward if both parents agree. However, it becomes complicated when one parent wishes to change a child’s surname post-separation and the other parent opposes such change.
Family law litigation can be incredibly stressful, time-consuming and expensive where there is a lack of communication or trust between the parties.
The usual procedure involves each party bearing their own legal costs. In some circumstances, the Court can make an Order that one party pay another party’s legal costs, but this is not standard and is never guaranteed.
The Federal Circuit Court and Family Court of Australia implemented a new Court process referred to as the ‘Critical Incident List’ as of Monday 6 June 2022 which was rolled out in all states and territories excluding Western Australia.
The Critical Incident List aims to expedite the Court process for vulnerable families that need to make urgent arrangements for children where no parent is available due to circumstances such as death (including homicide or suicide), critical injury or incarceration (due to family violence).
The adoption process in Queensland is managed by the government organisation Adoption Services Queensland.
A child’s Stepparent (being either married or in a de facto relationship with the parent of the child) can make an application to adopt the child if they can satisfy the below criteria:
Maintaining Child Support in Australia
A Party in Australia may apply to vary an overseas maintenance order, agreement or liability registered in Australia. ‘a child support maintenance order made by a judicial authority of a reciprocating jurisdiction’
Matters to be taken into account in considering financial support necessary for the maintenance of a child.
In family law matters, parties often cannot agree on the value of assets such as real property or businesses during their property settlement. In these circumstances, the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Family Law) Rules 2021 require the parties to obtain an independent expert report to determine the value.
Pursuant to the Rules, the parties may agree to jointly appoint a single expert witness, or the Court may, on the application or on its own initiative, order that expert evidence be given by a single expert witness.
