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LIV Responds to ALRC's Final Report on the Inquiry into Australia's Family Law System

Family Law Section 17 Sep 2019

The Law Institute of Victoria's Family Law Section has provided a submission to the Law Council of Australia on the Australian Law Reform Commission's Final Report on the Inquiry into Australia's Family Law System...

Family Court

Family Law Section Courts Practice Committee Update

Family Law Section 10 Sep 2019

The most recent Family Law Section Courts Practice Committee 'Update from the Courts' bulletin is now available...

Family Court

Practice notes

Law Institute Journal 01 Sep 2019

Family law forms updated...

Family Court Practice & Procedure

Family Law Section Newsletter

Family Law Section 31 Jul 2019

The July edition of the Family Law Section Newsletter is now available...

Child Support Child Welfare Divorce Family Court

Family law judgments

Robert Glade-Wright and Craig Nicol 01 May 2019

Wife’s SMS held admissible against her case that $145,000 advance from father-in-law was husband’s debt...

Family Court Judgment

Family Law Section Newsletter

Family Law Section 30 Apr 2019

The April edition of the Family Law Section Newsletter is now available...

Family Court Maintenance (Family)

Inquiry into the Family Law Courts

Family Law Section 23 Nov 2018

The LIV has prepared a submission to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee concerning proposed reforms to the Australian family law court system...

Access to Justice Family Court

Court must support vulnerable families

Karin Derkley 15 Nov 2018

A proposed restructure of the family law courts will add complexity and undermine the world-leading features of the Australian family law system, the LIV argues...

Family Court

Collaborate don't litigate

Stephen Winspear 01 Oct 2018

The ALRC Review of the Family Law System should recommend ADR in and litigation out...

Dispute Resolution Family Court

Call for extension to consult on proposed federal court merger

LIV 29 Aug 2018

Family Lawyers are encouraged to participate in the biggest change to Australia’s legal system since 1975...

Courts Family Court

Family Law judgments

Robert Glade-Wright and Craig Nicol 02 Jul 2018

Property: De facto thresholds – evidence that parties “presented as a couple” meaningless – bald denial without contrary evidence also inadequate...

Family Court Judgment

Proposed restructure of federal Family Law Court system

LIV Media 05 Jun 2018

The federal government is proposing a major restructure of the federal Family Law Court system which was announced by the Attorney General Christian Porter last week.

Courts Family Court

LIV responds to article about the Family Court in The Australian

LIV Media 05 Jun 2018

An article titled 'Courts fail families, minister tells bench' was published in the Weekend Australian on 26 May 2018 and no comment was sought from the Law Institute of Victoria concerning the content of the article before publication.

Courts Family Court

Family Law judgments

Robert Glade-Wright and Craig Nicol 03 Apr 2018

Property: Wife’s application filed electronically after 4.30pm accepted (despite FLR 24.05(2)) as filed before husband’s death hours later...

Courts Family Court

Preferred wording for change of name orders

LIV Family Law Section 12 Dec 2017

Births, Deaths and Marriages, in consultation with the Family Court and Federal Circuit Court request that if a change of name of a child has been ordered by the Court the following wording is preferred...

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