An interesting article that appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald written by Jamie Lee: Chief Magistrate Peter Lauritsen said all magistrates would attend a two-day training course at the Judicial College of Victoria next year. Magistrates are often at the

In the case of Garraghan & Westerfield (No 2) FamCAFC 96 ( 6 June 2014). Ryan J, exercising appellate jurisdiction allowed the father’s appeal against an interim order for supervision of his time with his young child. The parties had never married.  They

This month’s edition of the Victorian Law Institute Journal includes a cover story on recent initiatives to deal with what is a disturbing trend: a rise in incidents of family violence. Among the initiatives is the establishment of a Royal

The Australia Citizenship Amendment (Intercountry Adoption) Bill 2014 amends the Australian Citizenship Act 2007 to extend citizenship to children adopted directly from a country that is not a signatory to the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in

The Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence announced by the Victorian Government is underway.  The terms of reference for the Royal Commission will be wide-reaching.  To see an extract of the terms of reference please follow the link below: http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/family-violence-royal-commission-formally-established

In Diggelen & Diggelen [2014] FamCAFC (1 September 2014) the Full Court (Strickland, Ainslie-Wallace & Ryan JJ) considered Johnston J’s decision to treat a $459,199 payment that the husband had received from his employer for “accrued annual leave, long service leave, severance

The Family Law Amendment (Family Violence and other Measures) Act 2011 amended the Family Law Act 1975 designed to help protect children from harm and improve the family law system’s response to family violence and abuse. The reforms  came into operation on 7 June 2012 Anna Parker and

The case of Adamson & Adamson [2014] FamCAFC 232 (3 December 2014) was an appeal from parenting orders, and, in particular, requiring the appellant the mother to relocate the parties’ child to an area near the respondent’s residence.  The appeal was allowed.

In the case of Singerson & Joans [2014] FamCAFC 238 (10 December 2014) The Full Court (Bryant CJ, Anslie-Wallace and Crisford JJ) deliberated upon the parties 15 years of marriage.  The parties had  lived together in a de facto relationship from July

The March 2015 edition of the Law Institute Journal includes a cover story on new changes to “family provision” under Part IV of the Administration and Probate Act 1958 (Vic), which took effect on 1 January 2015. Part IV of