Family Law LCMDI

Resource Description

1. The Nature of Family Law
The Concept of Family Law
o Australian Bureau of Statstts (ABS):
▪ “two or more persons … who are related by blood, marriage (registered or de facto), adopton, step or fostering and who are usually resident in the same household “
o Section 43 (b) of the Family Law Act 1975 defniton:
▪ ‘Natural and fundamental group unit of society, partcularly while it is responsible for the case and educaton of dependant children”
o Cionsttution s51 (btti
o Marriage Act 1961 (bCth
o Family Law Act 1975 (bCth
o Priperty (bRelationships Act 1984 (bNSW
o Family Law Ameondmeont (bDe Facti Fionaoncial Maters aond Other Measures Act 2008 (bCth
o Priperty (bRelationship Act 1984 (bNSW
o De Facti Fionaoncial Maters aond Other Measures Act 2008 (bCth
o The Australia Law Reform Commission Family Violente Inquiry (2010)
▪ made recommendatons about how to fx the system
▪ Some have been followed by the government, but the system is stll awed