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Full Court- interim property settlement
The Full Court of the Family Court in Strahan and Strahan has restated the approach to be taken for interim property settlement.The wife successfully appealed against orders by Strickland J that awarded her $1 million by way of interim property settl...
US: babysitter wins interim custody from parents
In the US, a Chicago judge has awarded interim custody of a three year old to the babysitter, instead of the parents. For more, click here.While certainly not the first time that it has happened, it is certainly highly unusual. I have never heard of ...
News study : 1/3 of children lose contact with a parent
A new UK study of 2000 parents and 2000 children has shown:up to 1 in 3 children have lost permanent touch with one parent, usually their dad50% of parents admitted haggling over the amount of time the children spent, usually unnecessarily49% of pare...
Federal Magistrates Court Subpoena Rules Changes
The Federal Magistrates Courts Rules have been amended from this Monday 30 November to substantially change the manner in which procedural aspects of subpoenas are dealt with in that court:There are new forms of subpoenas. Don't comply with those, an...
Danger! Danger! Binding financial agreements ahead!
Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!The Senate passed the Federal Justice System Efficiency Measures Bill (No 1) 2008 on 26 October, 2009. The House agreed to the Senate amendments on 24 November. The Bill comes into effect 28 days after it received Royal ...
Attorney-General supports White Ribbon Day
Federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland spoke at White Ribbon Day at the Canberra headquarters of the Attorney-General's Department.Behind him are photos of former Attorneys-General including Gough Whitlam, Lionel Murphy, Kep Enderby and Bob Elli...

