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In this short video, Adele Katzew unpacks consent orders and binding financial agreements in the context of family law.

In this short video, Roneea Patsouris discusses the process to manage substance abuse or substance misuse in parenting disputes.

An application to the court for a parenting order can be made where parents are unable to agree on care arrangements for their children.

The Family Court of Australia and Federal Circuit Court of Australia recently merged and, as of 1 September 2021, the new Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (“the Court”) will deal with all family law matters.

It is rare that a court will order no contact between a parent and child, however greater weight will be placed on the need to protect a child from physical or psychological harm, over having a meaningful relationship with both parents.

When and how spousal maintenance is payable depends on the particular financial circumstances of the parties involved, as Adele Katzew explains.

Richard Bartram outlines two options for consideration where a parent (whose consent is required) refuses to sign a child’s passport application.

The High Court’s decision in Masson v. Parsons & Ors [2019] HCA 2, makes it clear that there are circumstances in which a sperm donor can be recognised under the law as a “parent”.

In a recent South Australian case of Coulter & Coulter (No.2) [2019] FCCA 1290, the mother sought to introduce evidence of two video recordings she secretly made when the father attended changeover at her home, and two audio recordings that she made of private conversations between the children and the father.