Family Law

This site offers information relating to family legal issues. It should be the first stop for those requiring advice on how to proceed when faced with the prospect of family breakdown and other issues affecting families. Also has links to Services that help people with particular needs, for example: legal, dispute resolution including counselling, translations.

Family Law and You is designed to provide visitors to this site who are contemplating separation or divorce with an overview of how family law works in Australia. It is not intended to provide you with legal advice. If you require legal representation this web site provides a search facility to find family law practitioners who are members of the Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia. The information provided applies to people who are legally married. The law relating to people in defacto relationships, or same sex relationships, varies from State to State.

Family Relationships Online provides all families (whether together or separated) with access to information about family relationship issues, ranging from building better relationships to dispute resolution. It also allows families to find out about a range of services that can assist them to manage relationship issues, including agreeing on appropriate arrangements for children after parents separate.