Save up for your divorce or save your money
The average Australian wedding costs $48,296 according to the 2011 ‘Cost of Love’ survey by Bride to be magazine. As I sat sipping champagne at my friends ‘above average’ wedding, I wondered if all happy couples entering into…
Australia… this is not an Exam, you can copy New Zealand!
New Zealand has finished 13th in the global marathon to legalise gay marriage. But while many of our New Zealand cousins are celebrating their victory, Australia seems to have stopped at a rest area on the side of…
Families Beware of Facebook Despair
My mother told me a lot of things growing up, but I always remembered the day she told me that the first rule of law was to “never write anything down.” She meant this of course to be…
Divorce after 50
Collaborative Divorce Proves that Breaking Up Doesn’t Have to Be Hard to Do Divorce after 50 calls for creative problem solving utilizing collaborative family law. Linda Piff, the pioneer of collaborative law in New Jersey says, “Divorce after…
RELOCATION, RELOCATION, INTERNATIONAL RELOCATION
The recent case of the four “missing” girls has been the focus of attention in the news headlines. The case isn’t about children being returned to Italy to live with their father against their wishes and in defiance…
Amendments to the Family Law Act
On 7 December 2011 new amendments to the Family Law Act were passed. The new legislation commences on 7 June 2012. The amendments include an updated definition of family violence to include violent, threatening or other behavior by…
What are the real costs of separating?
A recent article “Lifting the veil on the true cost of saying I do” in The Age on claims that current statistics show that the average spend on today’s wedding is up to $35,000 and nowadays most couples…
Resolve Conflict
Level 24, 459 Collins Street
Melbourne, VIC 3000