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Law Institute of Victoria
This area of the website can give you an overview of some of the things to consider.
www.liv.asn.au

Divorce Service Directory
A directory of service providers to help get through this challenging time.
www.i-dont.com.au

Family law reforms
New Family Law System - Informations Kits.
www.crimeprevention.gov.au

WebLaw
Source of a range of web based plain language resources relating to family law.
www.weblaw.edu.au

Family Law
Online databases provide information about family law from magazine articles, conferenc...
www.slwa.wa.gov.au

Self Represented Litigants

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SRL-Resources (SRL-R), is a support organisation for those who by choice or necessity will represent themselves in either the Family Court of Australia or the Federal Magistrates Court in Children's matters.

We provide resources, support activities, services and the skills and knowledge needed for SRL's to better navigate the Courts by understanding the processes involved and what is required to better manage and present their case.

SRL-R is a single purpose organisation - to assist people involved in children's issues navigate the Family Courts. SRL-R also assists those that may be minimising their costs by using unbundled legal services. We are non political and non gender. We do not provide counselling or legal advice or provide support with property matters or CSA applications.

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News & Articles

Ombudsman targets CSA Capacity to Pay clients

The even-handedness of Child Support Agency (CSA) investigations into whether parents are paying and receiving the right amount, must target both the paying and receiving parents in a fair and evenhanded manner, according to the most recent report released by the Acting Commonwealth Ombudsman Mr Ron Brent.

Green-Labor Senate to end Shared Parenting & revise Marriage

Information to hand suggests that Australian separated and divorced fathers will soon have to prove that their children are developmentally mature enough to live with them under plans by Labor to amend the Family Law Act in 2011. Changes to be brought in will lead to discrimination where fathers will be deemed too poor and lacking the resources to share-parent and enjoy equal time with their children.

Labor to increase child support

Julia Gillard will target separated fathers who do not lodge tax returns and avoid paying child support. The Prime Minister said yesterday she would strengthen the compliance regime on the use of default income in child support assessments with a new, more accurate default income arrangement. Ms Gillard said that almost one in four child support cases had incorrect assessments because of tax returns being filed late or not being lodged at all.

Same Sex Couples Bill for adoptees (NSW)

FamilyVoice Australia have raised attention to the Sydney Independent MP Clover Moore who introduced a bill to change the definition of couple in the NSW Adoption Act to include same-sex couples. The bill would allow homosexual and lesbian couples to adopt NSW babies and children, thereby denying them either a mother or a father. Debate will resume after the winter recess ends on 31 August, so the vote could occur in early September.