Family Articles
“Why don’t they just leave” – Common thoughts you may be thinking (that don’t help) and how to actually help
Tips on how to start “the conversation” and providing genuine support to victims of domestic violence. At Frichot Lawyers we have a strong team of family lawyers who work across matters dealing with aspects of large asset pools, complex family and children issues, and...
FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE – POST COVID 19
Domestic and family violence during and post Covid-19, and identifying the “markers” of an abusive relationship Whilst Covid-19 restrictions begin to ease in WA, lawyers, counsellors and front line workers are starting to see a flood of family and domestic violence...
Parenting Orders
What you need to know in the midst of COVID-19 and how we can help It is important for families to know that, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the Family Court of Western Australia remains open. As matters currently stand, hearings and conferences continue to be listed...
Binding financial agreements – Thorne v Kennedy revisited
Since the High Court of Australia handed down its findings in the matter of Thorne v Kennedy [2017] HCA 49, there has been much discussion as to what the implications of the decision are for binding financial agreements in Australia, with more than one headline...
The Family Court and de facto relationships
Over the last decade, an increasing number of Australians are living in de facto relationships, while marriage rates have fallen. Reflecting this societal change, the law was changed in 2009 (2002 in Western Australia) so that the same law now applies to separating...
Marriage Equality: What Impact has the Amendments to the Definition of Marriage had on Family Law?
On 7 December 2017, the Commonwealth Parliament enacted legislation that amended the definition of marriage in the Marriage Act 1961 (Cth) to ‘…the union of 2 people to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life’ (formerly, the definition was in...
What you need to know about Child Support
Family law in Australia recognises that both parents of a child should be financially responsible for that child’s care, regardless of the parents’ marital status, their past or present relationships, or their involvement in the child’s life. The child support scheme...
Do you understand your obligations regarding Spousal Maintenance?
It is not common knowledge that, in Australia, when a marriage or a de facto relationship ends, one party to the relationship may be ordered by the Family Court to “financially maintain” the other party to the relationship, by way of “spousal maintenance”.
Inheritances and their inclusion in the pool of assets in Family Law Proceedings
Families and money can sometimes be a volatile combination. That is never more so than where divorces and Wills are concerned. When is an inheritance an asset for family law purposes?
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