Subjects:

Australia, Other Jurisdictions

Contents:

1 Historical introduction

2 Commonwealth and state powers in family law

3 Introduction to the Family Law Act

4 Introduction to the family court

5 Courts administering the Family Law Act

6 Jurisdiction of courts administering the Family Law Act

7 Introduction to marriage and nullity of marriage

8 Marriage and nullity of marriage

9 Forms of relief for a void marriage

10 Establishing the existence of marriage

11 Introduction to divorce

12 Divorce

13 The status of children

14 Establishing the parentage of children

15 Parental powers and responsibilities

16 Persons possessing parental responsibility

17 Private re-allocation of parental powers and responsibilities

18 Parenting orders

19 The welfare power

20 Best interests of the child the paramount consideration

21 Considerations for parenting orders

22 Orders for contact with a child

23 Introduction to maintenance

24 Spousal maintenance liability

25 Spousal maintenance orders

26 Maintenance for mothers of ex-nuptial children

27 Background to the current Child Maintenance law

28 Administrative assessment of child support

29 Registration and collection of child support

30 Child maintenance under the Family Law Act

31 Introduction to matrimonial property

32 Property proceedings under the Family Law Act: preliminary matters

33 Declaration of property interests

34 Alteration of property interests: the terms of Section 79(1) and the three basic steps

35 Alteration of property interests: four special powers of the court

36 Alteration of property interests: the requirement of justice and equity

37 Alteration of property interests: the seven considerations

38 Alteration of property interests: variation of property orders

39 Alteration of property interests: nuptial settlements

40 Further feature of Part VIII: termination of financial relations

41 Power of court to set aside transactions

42 Introduction to financial agreements

43 Financial agreements under the Family Law Act

44 Injunctions under the Family Law Act.

In his well-respected family law text, Anthony Dickey QC offers readers a comprehensive outline of the substantive rules of family law in Australia. This edition of Family Law provides in depth coverage of the Commonwealth legislative scheme, which is today the dominant source of family law in Australia.

Substantially revised, this edition incorporates a significant number of changes to the law, for example, to marriage, bankruptcy and child support. However, it is the inclusion of substantial changes made to the law by the Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act 2006, taking effect from 1 July 2006, which makes Family Law the most up to date family law text on the market.