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Recognising the legal red flags: when to refer clients to a family lawyer

Discusses common risk-based indicators that a client should seek legal advice from a family lawyer.

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Mellor Olsson Lawyers

Understanding Spousal Maintenance: Who Pays And Why?

Spousal maintenance refers to financial support that one former partner may need to pay to the other after separation or divorce.

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Justice Family Lawyers

Can You Get Divorced Without A Property Settlement?

You usually have 12 months from the date your divorce becomes final to start property proceedings.

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Justice Family Lawyers

What to Expect During a Final Hearing in the Family Court

The most common questions about what happens during a final hearing in family court.

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Justice Family Lawyers

How To Handle Parenting Disputes When Communication Breaks Down

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Justice Family Lawyers

Can Grandparents Apply for Custody or Visitation Rights in Australia?

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Justice Family Lawyers

How To Stop a Recovery Order From Your Ex Spouse

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JB Solicitors

Marital Home Rights: What Do I Get After a Breakup?

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JB Solicitors

How Many Marriages End in Divorce: The Recent Numbers

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JB Solicitors

Court Ordered Drug and Alcohol Testing in Family Law

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Unified Lawyers

Important legal consideration for blended family in family law

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Unified Lawyers

Clarification of the approach to cases involving reconsideration of final parenting orders

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Barry Nilsson

Errors in property pool calculations

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Barry Nilsson

When long-term cohabitation doesn't guarantee a property adjustment

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Bartier Perry

It depends – Can I make an in-specie contribution to my self-managed superfund?

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Cooper Grace Ward

Immigration And Australian Federal Election Campaign Promises

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Interstaff Immigration Agency

Australian Visa Processing Times And Key Migration Updates

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Interstaff Immigration Agency

Skilled Visa Salary Thresholds To Increase To 4.6% From 1 July 2025

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Interstaff Immigration Agency

Employment Relations Podcast #42 – What could the proposed ban on "non-competes" mean for Australian employers?

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Piper Alderman

Do Grandparents Have Rights to See Their Grandchildren?

Grandparents do not have automatic legal rights to see their grandchildren.

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Watkins Tapsell

The top 5 things to know about Pre-nuptial Agreements – before you ask your fiancé for one

Pre-nuptial agreements have been legally recognised since the FLA was amended in 2000.

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Carroll & O'Dea

Wastage in Family Law

It's when one party deliberately or carelessly drains the marital pool, leaving the other with less than their fair share.

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Unified Lawyers

Prenuptial agreements for de facto relationships

In Australia de facto couples and married couples can protect their assets through legally binding agreements.

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Unified Lawyers

Understanding Occupation Orders in Family Law

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Unified Lawyers

Does a Prenup Protect Future Assets in Australia?

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Unified Lawyers

Sneaky Divorce Tactics

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Unified Lawyers

Family law disputes and counselling – are my counsellor's notes confidential?

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Cooper Grace Ward

Lending adult children money? This could save you from going to court - The Sydney Morning Herald

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Barry Nilsson

Prenuptial agreements - insights from a prenup lawyer

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Justice Family Lawyers

Amendments to the Family Law Act commencing 10 June 2025

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Bartier Perry

Family Consultant Report: How Does It Reveal Child Abuse?

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JB Solicitors

De Facto Separation NSW: What Rights Do You Have?

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JB Solicitors

Average Age to Get Married

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Unified Lawyers

Amendments to the Family Law Act commencing 10 June 2025

The amendments will cause the Court to consider an array of matters which it has not previously had to consider.

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Bartier Perry

Family Consultant Report: How Does It Reveal Child Abuse?

Australian family law gives a lot of weight to the child's best interests in divorce cases.

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JB Solicitors

De Facto Separation NSW: What Rights Do You Have?

This legal term is necessary because courts must separate married couples from non-married ones.

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JB Solicitors

Average Age to Get Married

Average age reveal how modern couples spend extra years studying, saving and roadtesting their relationship before swapping rings.

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Unified Lawyers

Interdependent partner vs de facto: Key differences explained

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Unified Lawyers

Definition of marriage under Australian Family Law

Explores what couples need to know & prepare for before marriage.

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JB Solicitors

How to disown parents: going solo?

Do children have rights in Australia? How to disown parents. Who can help?

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JB Solicitors

What are procedural orders in Family Court?

Discusses procedural orders – what are they? Purpose? When issued? Who can make them? Examples.

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Unified Lawyers

Throuple: It takes three to tango?

Do children have rights in Australia? How to disown parents. Who can help?

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JB Solicitors

How to get an AVO removed

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JB Solicitors

It Depends – Can I stop my ex-spouse from taking my child overseas?

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Cooper Grace Ward

What is the Magellan List?

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Unified Lawyers

70/30 Divorce Settlement in Australia: What You Need to Know

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Unified Lawyers

Marriage separation in NSW

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Unified Lawyers

Matching parenting orders to risk: Crafting orders to properly address the dangers in a family law matter

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Swaab

Divorce and Superannuation

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Unified Lawyers

Civil remedies for domestic violence victim's families

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O'Brien Criminal & Civil Solicitors

What Is the Evatt List?

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Unified Lawyers

Doctrine of Exoneration: Meaning and Application

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Unified Lawyers

Can grandparents apply for custody?

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Mellor Olsson Lawyers

Problems with Prenuptial Agreements in Family Law: What you must know

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Justice Family Lawyers

Postnuptial Agreements in Australia: What it is and what it covers

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Justice Family Lawyers

Cohabitation Agreements: How Can This Help Save Your Assets?

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JB Solicitors

Alternatives to Divorce for Older Couples

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Unified Lawyers

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BFA Family Law Basics 2025

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JB Solicitors

Home Affairs and the Tribunal Should Provide Logical Reasons for Their Decisions

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Roam Migration Law

It Depends – The many uses of financial agreements from a family law perspective

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Cooper Grace Ward

Intermingling and your family law matter

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Cooper Grace Ward

The latest divorce statistics and how to protect yourself

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Cooper Grace Ward

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