Relocating with your child — or responding to a former partner’s plans to move — is one of the more emotionally and legally complex issues in family law. Relocation issues touch on the most sensitive parts of family life: children’s safety and wellbeing, meaningful relationships, logistics, emotions and change. If you are thinking of moving […]
What is an Independent Children’s Lawyer? (ICL) An Independent Children’s Lawyer (“ICL”) is an impartial lawyer that is appointed in parenting proceedings to represent a child’s best interests. The appointment of an ICL is under section 68L of the Family Law Act 1975 (“the Act”). Section 68LA the Act sets the role of an ICL […]
The breakdown of a relationship between partners, family members, friends or neighbours can result in volatile disputes. These disputes can sometimes lead to intimidation, or to threats or actual use of violence to a person or a child. If this happens, one person may seek the help of Victoria Police or the Court and apply […]