family law

Hi, I have SPR in consent orders. Am I correct in understanding that I do not need to explain to OP why child/ren have a day off school? Also if child is picked up from school due to injury/illness & school has already called to advise OP, am I also required to advise OP? Do I need to advise of...

I believe I have a good grasp on this, but you cannot know what you do not know, anyways... If I am to discuss or use parts of a matter I was involved with, that ended up settling by consent, of course it would be prudent to make sure no names are used or case number. But is there anything...

Hi, newbie here so apologies in advance for any faux pas. So far, I haven't see this exact question raised/answered in this forum or anywhere else online... Can you sue the Family Law Courts for gross negligence in failing to protect a child? I am the (now-adult) child who underwent the custody...

Hi everyone. My ex partner and i got separated after being together for 3 and half years. She had 2 kids from previous relationship. Both kids lived with us. She got an intervention order against me while she had possession of my car. I had my car before our relationship started. Police keep...

I am in a stale mate with my ex. She doesn’t want to reach an agreement, and we failed 4 different mediators. There’s not much to negotiate, only some joint saving acc she froze after separation, and custody of 2 children. I think of taking her to court, but with minimal expanses. She does...

My ex is highly regarded in family law. He applied for an IVO against me in 2019 to try and stop me from directly cross examining him in our family law proceedings. He accepted a final FVIO without admissions, and I fought his application at every stage until he withdrew it as part of his...

Hi there, My partner is going through family law process. Interim orders have been made. I have been with my partner for 18 months now. He has just become self represented due to not being able to afford any more legal fees. His ex has Legal Aid. I have just received an email to my work email...

Ok Ex Partner has demanded i that i can not live with my new Partner as it to far from him to see His son and he dosnt like my new partner. he lives about 50 mins away "Clarkson" im located in "Lynwood " what are my options

Is it a conflict of interest for the applicant father to have the law firm of his father/children’s grandfather represent him in a family law case? Does the law firm have the duty of full and frank disclosure to the court to disclose the grandfathers knowledge of past family violence orders...

here's a funny one. With disclosure, in a family property matter, there is an interesting anomaly... family law rule 12.02, for a corporation (etc) states a copy of the financial statements for the 3 most recent financial years, however the circuit court rule 24.03 referring to the same part...