Waiting times for Family Court hearings not getting shorter
The law Council of Australia reported yesterday that the proposed merger of courts is “unlikely to alleviate the Family Law crisis”. The proposed merging of the Federal Circuit Court and the Family Court is unlikely to alleviate the crisis in the family law court system and may place significant extra pressure on already overburdened Federal […]
The cost of Family Court to you
If your case goes to the Family Court, you could be paying about $110,000 for legal representation. For a case heard in the Federal Circuit Court, the cost is about $30,000, according to a Price Waterhouse Coopers report and published in the Sydney Morning Herald last weekend. Search “What the Family Court shakeup means for […]
My ex is bad mouthing me to my kids- parental alienation
Recently, the court heard about parental alienation from the affected child. The mother was saying negative things about the father to the child in order to disrupt the father:child relationship. The child said that “it did not hurt that much cause I know she’s just saying it. Up to me what I say to you. […]