by hume-taylor_admin | Jan 18, 2019 | Family law, news
What is an Independent Children’s Lawyer? An Independent Children’s Lawyer (ICL) is a lawyer appointed by the Court to represent a child in parenting cases. The Court can appoint an ICL on its own initiative or as a result of an application to appoint an ICL by the...
by hume-taylor_admin | Nov 18, 2018 | Family law
If you live with your partner, but are not married, you still have the same rights and obligations as a married couple in circumstances of separation. This applies to both same sex and heterosexual defacto relationships. You are considered to be in a domestic...
by hume-taylor_admin | Apr 4, 2018 | Family law
A new co-parenting app, Divvito, has recently hit the market and is available free of charge from the App Store and Google Play. It’s targeted at separated parents and allows them to communicate on a secure platform. Funnily enough, this isn’t the first of its type....
by hume-taylor_admin | Oct 10, 2017 | Family law
When you’re going through a separation, custody battle or property settlement, you may want to keep some of the information private. However, both parties have a duty to provide both the Court, and each other, all information relevant to the case. You may not realise...
by hume-taylor_admin | Jul 21, 2017 | Family law
If you and your partner had a pet or pets together, you may wonder who will get them when you separate. Unlike children, courts do not have jurisdiction to make orders in relation to ‘custody’ of pets. Under the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth), pets are treated as ‘personal...
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