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Child Custody and Mental Illness
One in five Australians aged 16 to 85 years (21% or 4.2 million people) experience a diagnosed mental disorder at some point in their life. Over 2 in 5 Australians aged 16 to 85 years (43.7% or 8.6 million people) will experience mental illness of some sort:...
Most Common Child Custody Arrangements
There is no one size fits all when it comes to devising the right child custody arrangement for your children. The process can be time consuming, stressful and emotionally draining for you and your children. Read on to learn about some of the most common child custody...
What is unacceptable risk & when will a Court change residence?
What is unacceptable risk? In a parenting proceeding, it may be alleged that some serious harm has already occurred to a child and/or that the risk of harm to a child is likely to occur as a result of the actions of a parent, the court may find that the harm concerned...
When are a child’s views given weight by a Court?
Some of the most common questions we are asked by our clients are ‘when can a child decide where to live?’ and ‘when are a child’s views given weight by a Court?’ There is no one right answer to this question. When there is a dispute...
Admissibility of opinion evidence & expert evidence in family law matters
Under section 76 of the Evidence Act 1995 (Cth), as a general rule, opinion evidence is inadmissible in Court to prove the existence of a fact about the existence of which an opinion is expressed. However, each court has rules of conduct for the giving of evidence by...
