Family Law

The Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) encourages parents to reach an agreement on their children’s matters before commencing legal proceedings. Parents are expected to enter into a parenting agreement or apply for a consent order to deal with parenting matters. A parenting arrangement can be in either a parenting plan or a parenting order. What […]

“Why should children who were initially close to both parents suddenly seek to reject one of them?”. This is often the question on many parents’ minds when after their separation, one or more of their children with whom prior to the divorce they had a close relationship with, suddenly is dismissive and cold towards them. […]