More people are “breaking up” with their folks,in what’s being described as an epidemic of intergenerational dysfunction. And grandkids are often collateral damage,caught between the warring sides.
Women fleeing abusive relationships will have to wait another year for a scheme making it easier for them to uncover their partner's superannuation assets.
Police and the courts face a daunting task deciding when there is a risk men will resort to violence.
Federal Circuit Court Judge Guy Andrew triggered a retrial in a family law case after an appeal court found he bullied lawyers.
A judge presiding over a family law case denied a father a fair trial by bullying and demeaning his lawyers in court,an appeal court found.
A scheme to give people in Family Court disputes access to super information is still to begin,sending women on costly"fishing expeditions"for their entitlements.
Incentives to lure women back to the workforce and boost their earnings and retirement savings will be unveiled by the Morrison government as part of a pandemic recovery plan.
Urgent applications to the Family Court have surged by almost 40 per cent since the coronavirus pandemic hit,as families crumble under the pressures of social isolation,financial stress and family abuse.
A coalition of more than 60 legal organisations has urged the federal government to abandon its plan to scrap the Family Court as a stand-alone entity.
The peak body for the legal profession said the government had adopted a"stubborn and wrong-headed approach to family law"and should abandon its plans.