ORDERS FOR SUPERVISED TIME WITH CHILDREN
Pursuant to the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth), all children maintain the right to have contact with both their parents ...
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Marino Law makes Third Tier in prestigious Doyles Guide
Marino Law has achieved Third Tier of Family and Divorce Lawyers for 2018 on the prestigious Doyles Guide for the ...
Marino Law named on prestigious Doyle’s guide for third year in a row, Family Law partner named for fifth year
Marino Law has appeared as a recommended firm in Doyles’ Leading Family & Divorce Law Firms – Gold Coast 2020 ...
MARINO LAW NAMED ON PRESTIGIOUS DOYLE’S GUIDE FOR FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW
Marino Law has appeared as a Recommended firm in Doyles’ Leading Family & Divorce Law Firms – Gold Coast 2021 ...
MARINO LAW’S 12 TIPS FOR KEEPING FAMILY LAW PEACE THIS CHRISTMAS
Owing to a combination of factors, December 11 statistically presents the most likely day couples ...
Parenting Orders – Contravention Applications During COVID-19 Pandemic
The recent COVID-19 pandemic has caused considerable difficulties for separated parents, particularly those living ...
Parenting Coordination in Australia – how can it help high conflict families?
Parenting disputes, like any family law dispute, often involves high levels of entrenched conflict which can have ...
Family law mediation has failed. What next?
While there are limited exceptions, Mediation in family law disputes is compulsory prior to seeking relief from ...
Obtaining early legal advice – Why seeing a family lawyer does not spell the end of the possibility for amicable and timely resolution
Have you recently separated from your partner?
Do you have unresolved matters which are preventing you from ...
Mega money divorce does not mean pay day for lawyers
In a week that has seen the Courier Mail (on Sunday 30 June 2019) publish an article entitled ‘Til debt do us ...
Who is a parent? – High Court issues ruling in sperm donor father case
Masson v Parsons [2019] HCA 21
Yesterday, the High Court of Australia ruled that a sperm donor was a legal ...
Property Settlement – what do I need to know?
Separation can be tough. There’s lots to consider and it’s important to know where you stand. We’ve come up with a ...
When tragedy strikes – the impact of death of a parent after separation
Children of separated households have often experienced significant grief, trauma and possibly conflict in their ...
Room for improvement in police handling of withheld children
A New South Wales coronial inquest into the death of a father and daughter yesterday recommended a change in ...
Special Skills v Non-Financial Contributions – Countering The “You Have Done Nothing” Argument
In a lot of relationships, there are what are known as “traditional” roles adopted. Those roles see one party ...
“Toxic” school attendance ruled against by Court
Today the Courier Mail reports upon a decision of the Federal Circuit Court regarding a child’s attendance at what ...
News Flash – A step in the right direction in 2019?
Practice Direction 1 of 2019 from the Federal Circuit Court of Australia issued last week, providing for a new ...
Mediation in property settlement disputes – Why it is important and how to make it work
At Marino Law, we are unashamedly advocates of early alternative dispute resolution in property settlement ...
To have and withhold
Highly acclaimed SBS programme Insight last night featured a discussion on Binding Financial Agreements or as ...
Joinder of Solicitor to Federal Circuit Court proceedings sounds clear warning bell to Family Lawyers who advise on Binding Financial Agreements
On 6 June 2018, Her Honour Judge Cassidy in the Federal Circuit Court of Australia granted permission to join a ...
One Size Does Not Fit All
Small Asset Pools and Property Disputes
All property disputes in the Family Law Courts involve a five step ...
Law Reform Alert: Merger of the family law courts two courts system into one
On 30 May 2018 the Attorney General Christian Porter announced that the family law courts structure is to undergo ...
When is “independent” legal advice not really “independent” legal advice?
One of the major protective measures for family law litigants proposing to sign a Binding Financial Agreement ...
Binding Financial Agreements – pros, cons and enforceability
The phrase “Binding Financial Agreement” or BFA’s is a collective term for a variety of different agreements which ...
