I understand that a divorce is often an emotionally charged situation that can often only be truly understood by the two people involved. The decision to separate is rarely a split second one, and there are almost always slow burning issues that develop over time and...
Premier-elect, Daniel Andrews, has been working hard to bring positive change to Victoria’s discrimination laws just days after winning office. Hours after resuming the newly appointed role of Equality Minister, Martin Foley took no time to promise changes to...
Historically family trusts have caused difficulties in family law property proceedings because if a party to the proceeding was also a beneficiary of the trust, that party would technically not own any property until a distribution occurred. The Family Court’s...
In the recent decision of Hoffman v Hoffman [2014] FamCAFC 92, the Family Court of Australia Full Court found that the previously relied upon ‘notion of special contribution has all been a terrible mistake’ (Hoffman at [61], citing D & D [2005] FamCA 1462 at...
After two years of court proceedings, a woman who won $6 million in a lottery can now enjoy the entirety of her winnings in peace. The woman’s ex-husband – with whom she was married for 20 years before their separation in 2008 – attempted to claim a piece of the pie...
The Family Court has determined that whether parties are in a de-facto relationship must be considered on a case by case basis. The Family Law Act requires that parties must have a relationship as a couple “living together on genuine domestic basis”. In a...
