The Undesirability of Appeals in the Family Court
Recently, we have had a number of cases where parties have good prospects to appeal, but a decision has been
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I was reading an article in the Dallas Morning News recently about a divorce attorney who had supposedly achieved success at matchmaking various clients and other attorneys.
The article had me laughing and asking myself “is this seriously news in Dallas?” It then got me thinking about whether Australian Divorce Lawyers would be any good at matchmaking.
I came to the opposite conclusion of our US friends. As divorce lawyers, we mainly tend to develop a healthy dose of cynicism about relationships. We see the worst of people and rarely the best of them.
We become very skilled at judging whether our clients are lying to us, whether they have issues or whether they have other personality defects or traits that would certainly make them unattractive to a prospective partner.
Let’s face it, divorce lawyers are great at telling stories at dinner functions or around the BBQ on a Sunday afternoon. However, the stories aren’t usually “happy” stories.
No – divorce lawyers are not good at telling you who you should marry, but if a divorce lawyers says to you “don’t marry that person” then maybe you should stop and think…well…at least for a few seconds.
Recently, we have had a number of cases where parties have good prospects to appeal, but a decision has been
It is probably commonsense and goes without saying, but in so many matters we have clients present to us in
The Family Law Amendment Bill 2023 (Cth) which was passed on 19 October 2023 will result in significant changes to
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