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Published in Melbourne by The Family Law Book Pty
Ltd, this 600+ page looseleaf service in one volume will take you quickly to all the family law you need to know and to the procedure for routine court proceedings, to court forms, brochures and other links, and 300 pages of precedents.
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Looseleaf updates will issue quarterly but our email and online news will keep you right up to the minute.
"These precedents are gold."
Michael Small
Family law partner, Small Myers Hughes
Southport, Queensland
"...a practical book which would be very useful in the library of any family lawyer but particularly one who dips into the jurisdiction from time to time or is new to the practice of family law."
Diana Bryant, Chief Justice
Family Court of Australia
THE FAMILY LAW BOOK NEWS
01-Sep-2010
The Moët & Chandon has been flowing at The Family Law Book since our lively launch at Verve Restaurant, Broadbeach, in April 2009. We have since then been awarding a bottle of Moët every month for Best Contribution by a member!
Here is a review of all our winning entries and the improvements put in place by The Family Law Book as a result of members' suggestions. Don't forget that our monthly prize is available ..
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18-Aug-2010
PLEASE NOTE!
This is a sample of "latest notable cases", which is posted monthly with live links for members at the Members' Home Page under "Members' News". Also available at our Members' Home Page (along with our up-to-the-minute family law and child support news, our online forms and precedents and our free legal help line) are our back issues of case notes for 2010 and our online Members' Archive of our 2009 case notes, usef..
READ MORE
13-Aug-2010
Robing of counsel in the Federal Magistrates Court
This Practice Direction (No. 1 of 2010) relates to the robing of counsel who appear before the Federal Magistrates Court.
It is effective from 6 September 2010.
The following robing requirements apply to the Federal Magistrates Court (“the FMC”) in all of its jurisdictions:
Barristers will robe in final hearings before the FMC for all judgments,..
READ MORE
02-Aug-2010
Amendment of Family Law Rules
The Family Law Rules have been amended as at 1 August 2010. The key changes are now:
No need to file marriage/birth certificate when filing Initiating Application
The requirement that a single expert be briefed jointly has been re-worded, and if the joint brief is unable to be agreed upon, an alternative procedure is provided for
Compliance with a subpoena can now be done via electro..
READ MORE
23-Jul-2010
The following media release has been published:
View this media release online at http://www.csa.gov.au/media/csamediarelease.aspx?ArticleID=934
Government targeting recent child support defaulters
26/05/2010
The Minister for Human Services, Chris Bowen MP, today announced that a new initiative targeting child support defaulters has secured commitments from separated parents to pay more than $11..
READ MORE
12-Jul-2010
Family Court Bulletin
Here is the latest Family Court Bulletin. (http://www.familycourt.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/FCOA/home/about/publications/Bulletin/)
New court fees - as at 1 July 2010
See here. (/LiteratureRetrieve.aspx?ID=70447) This will also appear in the June update of our looseleaf service due out in July, and at our online forms and precedents via a keyword search for "court ..
READ MORE
16-Jul-2009
Online de facto samples
The de facto amendment, which came into effect on 1 March 2009, has been integrated into Chapters 6 (maintenance), 7 (property) and 9 (financial agreements) of The Family Law Book, and all other significant incidental aspects incorporated into the applicable chapter.
Our online precedents, which now provide for de facto claims, will soon be accompanied by hard copy samples in our looseleaf upd..
READ MORE
01-Jun-2009
On 4 March 2009, OSR Qld introduced Duties Online by which transfers under an order or financial agreement under FLA are self-assessable and exempt from duty (if the lawyer is validly registered with OSR for self-assessment, the transfer was not signed in escrow; and, if a BFA, the BFA complies with Part VIIIA of the Act, contains a separation declaration and has certificates of independent legal advice).
For a transfer under an order, ..
READ MORE
28-Feb-2009
On 1 March 2009 the Family Law Act was amended to provide for financial matters arising out of the breakdown of de facto relationships and other measures.
The Family Law Amendment (De Facto Financial Matters and Other Measures) Act 2008 applies to all States and Territories except South Australia and Western Australia, as they are yet to refer their power to deal with such matters to the Commonwealth.
Exclusive jurisdiction in de fa..
READ MORE
01-Sep-2010
The Moët & Chandon has been flowing at The Family Law Book since our lively launch at Verve Restaurant, Broadbeach, in April 2009. We have since then been awarding a bottle of Moët every month for Best Contribution by a member!
Here is a review of all our winning entries and the improvements put in place by The Family Law Book as a result of members' suggestions. Don't forget that our monthly prize is available ..
READ MORE
18-Aug-2010
PLEASE NOTE!
This is a sample of "latest notable cases", which is posted monthly with live links for members at the Members' Home Page under "Members' News". Also available at our Members' Home Page (along with our up-to-the-minute family law and child support news, our online forms and precedents and our free legal help line) are our back issues of case notes for 2010 and our online Members' Archive of our 2009 case notes, usef..
READ MORE
13-Aug-2010
Robing of counsel in the Federal Magistrates Court
This Practice Direction (No. 1 of 2010) relates to the robing of counsel who appear before the Federal Magistrates Court.
It is effective from 6 September 2010.
The following robing requirements apply to the Federal Magistrates Court (“the FMC”) in all of its jurisdictions:
Barristers will robe in final hearings before the FMC for all judgments,..
READ MORE
02-Aug-2010
Amendment of Family Law Rules
The Family Law Rules have been amended as at 1 August 2010. The key changes are now:
No need to file marriage/birth certificate when filing Initiating Application
The requirement that a single expert be briefed jointly has been re-worded, and if the joint brief is unable to be agreed upon, an alternative procedure is provided for
Compliance with a subpoena can now be done via electro..
READ MORE
23-Jul-2010
The following media release has been published:
View this media release online at http://www.csa.gov.au/media/csamediarelease.aspx?ArticleID=934
Government targeting recent child support defaulters
26/05/2010
The Minister for Human Services, Chris Bowen MP, today announced that a new initiative targeting child support defaulters has secured commitments from separated parents to pay more than $11..
READ MORE
12-Jul-2010
Family Court Bulletin
Here is the latest Family Court Bulletin. (http://www.familycourt.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/FCOA/home/about/publications/Bulletin/)
New court fees - as at 1 July 2010
See here. (/LiteratureRetrieve.aspx?ID=70447) This will also appear in the June update of our looseleaf service due out in July, and at our online forms and precedents via a keyword search for "court ..
READ MORE
16-Jul-2009
Online de facto samples
The de facto amendment, which came into effect on 1 March 2009, has been integrated into Chapters 6 (maintenance), 7 (property) and 9 (financial agreements) of The Family Law Book, and all other significant incidental aspects incorporated into the applicable chapter.
Our online precedents, which now provide for de facto claims, will soon be accompanied by hard copy samples in our looseleaf upd..
READ MORE
01-Jun-2009
On 4 March 2009, OSR Qld introduced Duties Online by which transfers under an order or financial agreement under FLA are self-assessable and exempt from duty (if the lawyer is validly registered with OSR for self-assessment, the transfer was not signed in escrow; and, if a BFA, the BFA complies with Part VIIIA of the Act, contains a separation declaration and has certificates of independent legal advice).
For a transfer under an order, ..
READ MORE
28-Feb-2009
On 1 March 2009 the Family Law Act was amended to provide for financial matters arising out of the breakdown of de facto relationships and other measures.
The Family Law Amendment (De Facto Financial Matters and Other Measures) Act 2008 applies to all States and Territories except South Australia and Western Australia, as they are yet to refer their power to deal with such matters to the Commonwealth.
Exclusive jurisdiction in de fa..
READ MORE
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