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On September 1, the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2020 and the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2020 came into effect, bringing with it significant Family Court changes. The bill merged Family Court of Australia and the Federal Circuit Court of Australia  into a …

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Earlier this year, the Federal Government made sweeping changes to the Family Court System passing legislation that combined the Family Court and Federal Circuit Courts into a single structure. The proposed system has not been without its share of controversy. Critics of the new system have raised concerns that family violence victims will be left out in …

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When Summer Worden noticed that her estranged spouse still seemed to know things about her spending, she asked her bank about the locations of computers that had recently accessed her bank account. They said that the computer was registered to NASA. Worden’s estranged spouse was a decorated Nasa astronaut on a six-month mission aboard the …

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The Family Court has slammed a Federal Circuit Court judge’s decision to imprison a man for up to 12 months, calling it a “gross miscarriage of justice.” Judge Salvatore Vasta of the Federal Circuit Court sentenced a man to a maximum of 12 months in jail for contempt of court. The man was involved in …

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The Attorney-General today announced major changes in relation to the Family Court merging to reduce delays. The Family Court and the Federal Circuit Court will be merged in an attempt to reduce significant delays in both courts. In the proposed changes, the new combined court will be known as the Family Court and Federal Circuit …

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