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“REPUGNANT’’ conjugal rights allowing husbands to demand sex from their wives will be killed off in Australia, in a new shake-up of family law. The Family Law Act gives judges the power to [...]

Each State and Territory has passed model amendments to existing domestic violence legislation to enable the consistent recognition of interstate orders. The terminology and laws remain unique to [...]

Rather than rushing to court to fight with your partner over financial matters, just take the time to consider attending a mediation session with your partner and ideally with your lawyers to [...]

Attorney-General George Brandis will today announce $468 million to fund family relationship centres and other family law services that are aimed at keeping warring couples out of the courts. The [...]

Take these facts: a second marriage for the husband who was 67 years of age and a younger wife of 36 who he initially met on a dating site.  The husband had 3 children from an earlier marriage [...]

The 2017 case of Borthwick v Mitchell was required to consider whether informal notes dictated by the deceased prior to his death, when he was hospitalised and gravely ill, constituted a valid [...]

The court will only remove an executor from this position if it can be established that in fact there has been misconduct in the administration of the estate by the appointed executor. If the [...]

There are many cases where a lawyer is required to assess whether a client has the requisite capacity to give instructions for making a will. It is essential that the ethical, moral and [...]

If you are considering separation or on separation from your partner there are a number of self preservation actions that you should consider in moving forward such as: Change your will [...]

You may write up a document in a notebook and the issue will then be whether you intended your thoughts to be taken seriously as testamentary intentions. In the 2015 case of In the Estate of the [...]