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Separation, Family & Relationships

Articles, case notes and commentary from the Mullane & Lindsay team.

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Can you withdraw consent to arbitrate?

With the pressure on the family court system - both before the impact of Covid-19 and after - the Courts are continuing to press for the use of alternative dispute…
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Child Support Agreements - Generally

When relationships break down and parents separate, financial support for children is generally determined by an administrative assessment of child support by the Child Support Branch of the Department of…
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Tutors in Family Provision

There was a rather sobering outcome for a Tutor in a family provision claim of Harris v Carter [2020] NSWSC 196 who was ordered to pay costs when the Plaintiff, a minor, lost…
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Relationship breakdown and your farm

Many people who live and work on farming properties will have received the title to their farm through an intergenerational transfer of land from their parents, grandparents or other relative…
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Impact of COVID-19 on Binding Child Support Agreement

In the recent case of Martyn and Martyn [2020] FAMCA 526 (1 July 2020) the Family Court was asked to determine whether a Binding Child Support Agreement entered into between separated parents…
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Should the wife and her mother pay for the husband’s legal fees?

In Edson & Whitney and Another [2020] Justice Rees considered an application by the husband for litigation funding from the wife and from the wife’s mother. The substantive proceedings involved the wife…
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Ten to Men: Insights report released.

When this old world starts getting me down… Everything is all right (up on the roof). The Ten to Men Longitudinal Study on Male Health involved a sample of almost…
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What’s in it for us?

Everyone looks at the budget to see how they or their special interest group have been impacted.  Our family law team is no different.  The COVID-19 pandemic impacts families at…
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Paws to give a thought for the pets

We often think of our pets as members of the family; but it is their role in relationship conflict that is currently being considered by the NSW Government. As the…
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T’othersider- watching Family Law changes in WA

In early December 2020 the Federal Parliament debated the Government’s bill to abolish the specialist, stand-alone Family Court and merge it into a generalist Federal Circuit Court. There were many…
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Transfers between Couples

If a person owns a property which is his or her principal place of residence and then marries or enters into a relationship, then Revenue NSW allows the transfer of…
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There’s no vaccine in sight for this pandemic

The news of a potential vaccine against COVID-19 is promising news in what has been a challenging year; however another deadly pandemic remains rampant in our community, and the probability…
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Client Portal- popular during the Covid 19 pandemic

In family law matters parties have a duty to make timely, full and frank disclosure of all information relevant to the issues in dispute. Examples of documents regularly disclosed in…
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Planning for separation

Whether you were the one who decided to separate or not it is important to establish whether you can financially survive separation. Here are some important financial considerations to consider:…
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Mullane Lindsay recognised as leaders in Family Law

We are proud to announce that Mullane Lindsay has been named in the 2021 Doyles Guide of Leading Family Law firms as a leading Newcastle, Hunter Valley & Central Coast Family &…

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