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In Australia you can obtain a divorce if you have been separated for 12 months. Many of my clients ask me if they need to get divorced. Getting divorced is a relatively simple process particularly as last year the Family Court introduced it as an online service. On the other...

It’s happened to everybody. It might be the awesome café you discover on the day it’s shutting down. Or the gift voucher that you find in your sock draw the week after it expires. And so it is with the anti-detriment payment—many people are only finding out it exists on...

Kennedy v Kennedy (2016) The Supreme Court of Western Australia has dismissed yet another adult child Family Provision Application.

Most couples who purchase their home in joint names are registered as joint tenants. This is the most common form of joint ownership between married and de-facto couples.

Canberra Domestic Violence Lawyers is an expert team of lawyers at Farrar Gesini Dunn specialising in providing assistance to people involved in domestic and family violence.

Farrar Gesini Dunn and its solicitors have been recognised as leaders in the legal market for Family Law, Estate Planning and Estate Dispute Resolution in 2016 both in the ACT and Australia wide by the prestigious Doyle’s guide.

There was a bit of press lately about a woman spending $8,000 trying to change her child’s surname.

Elder abuse – particularly financial abuse – is becoming a big issue and I see it too often in practice. Hopefully positive changes geared at protecting our clients will come from this. We will be keeping a close eye on any changes.

I am often asked whether Prenuptial Agreements are binding. Given that the Family Law Act was amended over 15 years ago to enable parties to enter into Binding Financial Agreements including Prenuptial Agreements, it is surprising that there remains, in the community, a belief that they are “not really binding”.

We wanted to write to thank everyone who supported the 2016 FGD Tara Costigan Foundation Golf Day

When I tell people that I’m a family lawyer, the first thing I’m often asked is “oh I bet you must hear some interesting stories, does it get really nasty?”

In an earlier blog I wrote about how the proposed changes to superannuation will impact on estate planning. Now let’s see how they may apply to Family Law superannuation splits.