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Australian family law is principally found in the federal Family Law Act 1975 and the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Family Law) Rules 2021 as well as in other laws and the common law and laws of equity, which affect the family and the relationship between those people, including when those relationships end.
Division 1 is the former Family Court of Australia and is a superior court of record for dealing with family law matters. It contains 35 judges. Division 2 is the former Federal Circuit Court of Australia, and deals with the bulk of family law matters prior to the establishment of the Court, as well as general federal law matters such as ...
Its core function was to determine cases with the most complex law, facts and parties, to cover specialised areas in family law, and to provide national coverage as the national appellate court for family law matters. [1] In 2021, the Morrison government introduced legislation merging the Family Court with the Federal Circuit Court of Australia ...
Best interests or best interests of the child is a child rights principle, which derives from Article 3 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which says that “in all actions concerning children, whether undertaken by public or private social welfare institutions, courts of law, administrative authorities or legislative bodies, the best interests of the child shall be a primary ...
The AustLII databases include the complete text of all of the decisions of the High Court, [6] decisions of the Federal Court from 1977 onwards (the decisions between 1977 and 1996 were selected by the Federal Court), [7] and decisions of the Family Court from 1988 onwards (as selected by the Family Court), [8] as well as a number of other ...
The Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) is an Act of the Parliament of Australia.It has 15 parts and is the primary piece of legislation dealing with divorce, parenting arrangements between separated parents (whether married or not), property separation, and financial maintenance involving children or divorced or separated de facto partners: in Australia.
AustLII. BarNet JADE. Full Court TASCCA: 2010-AustLII. BarNet JADE. Court of Criminal Appeal TASSupC: 1824-1843: via AustLII: Decisions of Superior Courts of Tasmania Supreme Court (Vic) Victorian Reports: VR: 1953-Little William Bourke. Thomson Reuters Authorised report. 1953-1996: via AustLII: Victorian Law Reports: VLR: 1875-1956: Little ...
The Court was known as the Federal Circuit Court of Australia and the Act as the Federal Circuit Court of Australia Act 1999. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Its first judicial officers were appointed in 2000; it first applications were filed on 23 June 2000 and the Court's first sittings were conducted on 3 July 2000 in Adelaide , Brisbane , Canberra , Melbourne ...