Case Summary- Bircher & Bircher The case of Bircher & Bircher was an appeal brought by the mother of a successful contravention application brought by the father. The primary judge found that the mother contravened parenting orders on three occasions by withholding children from time with...
Settling out of Court with Family Dispute Resolution Separation and trying to negotiate terms with your ex-partner can be very challenging at times, especially when children are involved. Family Dispute Resolution can be a way of settling your family matter out of Court, so it's important to...
Changing Parenting Orders - how to change custody orders Variation of Parenting Orders- when can you change them? To set aside, cancel or vary any final parenting order, parties must meet the threshold test. This test is set out in the case of Rice v Asplund (1979)...
Forcing a sale of jointly owned property in Victoria What do you do if you want to sell a property and the other owner doesn’t? Can you force a sale of jointly owned property in Victoria? If the parties are married or in a de facto relationship, then...
Valuing property in Family Law Settlements Valuing family law assets can be a vague, uncertain and expensive task. There are also different methods to apply depending on the asset e.g for contents of a home you do not rely on the insurance replacement value, but rather second-hand...
Social media and family law: The impact on parenting proceedings One increasingly popular form of evidence in parenting proceedings is that which is obtained via social media. Evidence obtained from sources such as Facebook and Twitter can sometimes provide beneficial (and conversely sometimes very damaging) evidence...
Parental alienation seems to be increasing, according to a lot of family law solicitors in Australia. Meaning of Parental Alienation Syndrome What is parental alienation syndrome (PAS)? Essentially, it occurs when one parent influences the child against the other parent, by emotionally manipulating the child. Usually, the...
