Report 113 (2006) - Relationships
Index
Updates and background for this project (Digest)
Adoption
see also Child support, Parent, Step parent
Co-mother ... 5.76-5.82
Multi-parent ... 5.86
Step parent ... 5.63-5.67
Advantages and disadvantages of ... 5.71-5.75
Lesbian and gay ... 5.68, 5.71
Other jurisdictions ... 5.69-5.70
Artificial insemination ... 5.42-5.44
see also Donor
Bankruptcy
see Financial agreements
Child
see also Parent, Parenting order, Same sex couples
Domestic relationship (child of the parties to a) ... 5.21, 5.24
Recognition in other areas of law ... 5.22-5.23
Functional ... 5.1, 5.4, 5.7-5.9
Presumptive ... 5.1
Child support
Co-mothers ... 5.103-5.111
Definition of parent for ... 5.87
Promissory estoppel, operation of ... 5.93-5.95
Close personal relationship
see also Cohabitation, De facto Relationship, Domestic relationship, Financial adjustment, Registration system
Cohabitation requirement ... 3.14-3.18
financial adjustment and ... 3.17, 3.24
Definition of ... 3.3-3.4, 6.3
Interpretation of ... 3.5-3.10
Types of ... ... 7.66-7.67
Cohabitation
see also Close personal relationship, De facto relationship, Financial adjustment
Period of ... ... 2.5, 2.13-2.14
Requirement of ... 2.5, 2.8, 2.9, 2.20-2.23, 6.4-6.7
Financial adjustment and ... 2.12, 2.16, 2.19, 2.31
Marriage ... 7.54-7.55,
Purpose of ... 2.17, 2.25, 2.31
Removal of ... 2.15, 2.26
Same household ... 2.11
Time limit ... 6.4
Costs rules
see also Litigation
Family Court rules ... 13.28
Meaning of ... 13.27
PRA costs rules ... 13.29-13.34
De facto relationship
see also Domestic relationship, Financial adjustment
Age of parties ... 2.32
De facto partner ... 2.54-2.57
Terminology in other statutes ... 2.58-2.70
Definition of (threshold criteria) ... 2.2, 6.3
In relation to cohabitation ... 2.25
End of ... ... 8.26-8.33
Family relationship ... 2.35-2.38, 4.27
Indicia of ... ... 2.40
Appropriateness of ... 2.42-2.48
Terminology ... 1.67-1.69
Domestic relationship
see also Child, Close personal relationship, De facto relationship,
Definition of ... 2.1, 3.27, 6.3
Legal recognition ... 3.26-3.35,
Alternative approaches
Optional registration ... 4.7-4.8
Voluntary registration ... 4.5
Presumptive approach ... 4.2-4.4
Domestic violence
see also Financial agreements, Property adjustment
Incidence in domestic relationships ... 9.3-9.7
Negative contributions approach ... 9.13, 9.22
Positive contributions approach, criticism of ... 9.24-9.26
Present and future financial contributions, impact on ... 9.27-9.28
Proposals for reform ... 9.29-9.32
Relevance in property proceedings ... 9.16-9.21
Family Court’s approach ... 9.9-9.12
Domicile
see Residence
Donor
see also Artificial insemination
Status of known ... 5.59-5.62
Family forms
see also Domestic relationship
Carers ... ... 1.50-1.54
De facto relationships ... 1.43-1.45
Multi parent families ... 5.84
Same sex families ... 1.46-1.49
Social and demographic context ... 1.40-1.42
Financial adjustment
see also Cohabitation, Domestic relationship, Registration, Residence, Maintenance
Close personal relationships ... 7.66-7.67
Contributions
Adequate compensation approach ... 7.13
During relationship or after relationship ... 8.23-8.24
Effect of breaks in relationship ... 8.25
Effect of periods of separation ... 8.29-8.30
Post separation contributions ... 8.34
Expectation and reliance approach ... 7.13
Family Law Act approach ... 7.18-7.22, 7.96-7.104
Advantages and disadvantages of ... 7.70-7.75, 7.79-7.83
Alternative models ... 7.76-7.79
Financial ... 7.3, 7.6, 7.16
Future needs ... 7.7, 7.18, 7.47-7.52, 7.99-7.102
Maintenance and ... 7.7, 7.51
Non-financial ... 7.3, 7.16
Assessment of ... 7.42
Home maker ... 7.42-7.44, 7.74
Parenting ... 7.42-7.44
Other jurisdictions ... 7.23-7.35
Parenthood model ... 7.84-7.89
Past contributions ... 7.18, 7.45
“Just and equitable” ... 7.36-7.38
Strict contributions approach ... 7.13, 7.16, 7.45-7.52
Disclosure
Effect of non-disclosure ... 11.5
Other jurisdictions ... 11.6-11.9
Financial circumstances ... 11.2
Need for general obligation of ... 11.16-11.18
Same sex couples
Children and child care responsibilities ... 7.62
Financial arrangements between ... 7.60-7.61
Homophobia ... 7.65
Marriage and ... 7.63-7.64
Section 20 of the PRA
Background ... 7.3
Current law ... 7.9-7.11
“just and equitable” and past contributions ... 7.38
Limitation period ... 6.37-6.49
Time limits ... 5.20
Variation of financial adjustment order ... 11.19-11.21
Death of a party ... 11.26-11.29
Death of both parties ... 11.30-11.32
Enforcement of orders ... 11.33-11.34
Financial agreements
Background to ... 12.3-12.7
Bankruptcy and ... 12.100-12.125
Effects of binding agreement ... 12.25-12.26
Legal and Financial advice, need for ... 12.57-12.63
Meaning ... ... 12.1-12.2
Reference of powers, impact of ... 12.11-12.13
Revocation of ... 12.116-12.121
Types of
Domestic relationship agreements ... 12.19
Non-financial matters ... 12.20
Termination agreements ... 12.21-12.23
Use of ... ... 12.14-12.17
Variation of agreements, grounds for ... 12.27
Common law grounds
Duress ... 12.33-12.36
Undue influence ... 12.27-12.40
Unconscionability ... 12.41-12.44
Misrepresentation ... 12.45-12.46
Serious injustice ... 12.47, 12.69-12.71
Contracts Review Act ... 12.28, 12.65-12.68
Domestic violence ... 12.72-12.86
Impracticability ... 12.92-12.99
Non disclosure of assets ... 12.87-12.91
Financial resources
see also Property
Homophobia
Litigation
District Court ... 13.11-13.14
Local Court ... 13.15-13.17
PRA ... ... ... 13.3
Jurisdictional limits ... 13.5-13.8
Reform proposals
Reporting, coherence in ... 13.24
Specialist division for PRA matters, need for ... 13.18-13.23
Statistics and education ... 13.25-13.26
Supreme Court ... 13.9- 13.10
Maintenance
see also Financial adjustment, Property adjustment
Differences in FLA and PRA approach ... 10.1-10.8
Other jurisdictions ... 10.37
Discretionary child maintenance ... 5.96-5.102
Empirical information ... 10.18-10.21, 10.23-10.24
Factors to be considered by the court ... 10.42-10.45
Functional parent context ... 5.19, 5.28
Obligation on married persons ... 10.1-10.2
PRA provisions ... 5.91-5.92
Property adjustment and ... 10.11-10.13, 10.16-10.17
Purpose of ... ... 10.12, 10.22
Lump sum maintenance ... 10.16
Re-partnering, impact of ... 10.49-10.52
Social security and ... 10.59-10.62
Types of
Custodial maintenance ... 10.26-10.32
Age limits ... 10.28-10.32
Rehabilitative maintenance ... 10.33-10.36
Unmarried step parents, extension to ... 5.96-5.102
Mediation
see also Domestic violence, Litigation
Incidence of court annexed mediation ... 14.9-14.12
Supreme Court ... 14.13-14.20
District Court ... 14.22-14.23
Family Court ... 14.26-14.29
Recent changes ... 14.30-14.40
Local courts ... 14.24-14.25
Meaning of ... 14.2-14.5
Need for ... ... 14.6-14.8
Suitability for
Assessment of ... 14.64-14.74
Matters for consideration
Lack of good faith ... 14.95
Mental and physical condition of parties ... 14.93-14.94
Other factors ... 14.75-14.78
Violence ... 14.79-14.92
see also domestic violence
Types of mediation
Mandatory mediation ... 14.43-14.45
Voluntary mediation ... 14.42
Mediators
see also Mediation, Litigation
Mediator skills ... 14.51-14.58
Specialist mediators, need for ... 14.48-14.50
Parent/Parental status
see also Parenting order, Child, Child support
Birth mother ... 5.1
Co-mother ... 5.1, 5.9, 5.42, 5.57-5.58
Adoption by ... 5.76-5.82
Child support ... 5.103-5.111
Functional ... 5.1, 5.4, 5.7-5.9
Death of ... 5.13
Gay step parent ... 5.1
Adoption ... 5.63, 5.68
Other jurisdictions ... 5.69-5.70
Maintenance ... 5.96-5.102
Legal rights and obligations ... 5.15, 5.34-5.37
Maintenance ... 5.19
see also Parenting order
Property adjustment ... 5.18
Non recognition, impact of ... 5.10
Parental responsibility ... 5.33, 5.38
see also Parenting order Recognition
Ways of acquiring ... 5.37
Legal parent ... 5.1
Lesbian step parent ... 5.1, 5.9
Adoption ... 5.63, 5.68
Other jurisdictions ... 5.69-5.70
Maintenance ... 5.96-5.102
Multiple ... ... 5.84
see also Adoption
Presumptive (parentage presumption) ... 5.1
Amendment of ... 5.48-5.53, 5.57-5.58
Other jurisdictions ... 5.54-5.56
Non-traditional relationships ... 5.45-5.47
Recognition of lesbian co-mothers ... 5.42
Parenting order
see also Child
Need for ... ... 5.29
Parental responsibility ... 5.38-5.41
Promissory estoppel
see Child support
Property
see also Financial resources, Superannuation
Property adjustment
see also Domestic violence, Financial adjustment, Maintenance
Functional parent context ... 5.18
Objects
Objects clause ... 1.58-1.63
Objects of reform ... 1.55-1.57
Reference of powers ... 1.15-1.37
Benefit of ... ... 1.23-1.27
Impact of ... ... 1.32-1.37
Limitations of ... 1.28-1.30
Superannuation, constitutional constraints ... 8.15-8.21
Uniformity of legislation ... 1.18
Registration System
Co-habitation time limit and ... 6.18-6.21
Effect of ... ... 2.53, 4.17, 6.22
Eligibility ... ... 4.25
Close personal relationships ... 4.29
Optional registration ... 4.7-4.8, 4.12, 4.16, 4.18, 4.24
Other jurisdictions ... 4.9-4.11
Presumptive approach ... 4.13, 4.15
Privacy ... ... 4.32
Termination of ... 4.31
Voluntary registration ... 4.5
Residence ... ... 6.23-6.27
Forum shopping ... 6.28-6.31
Same sex relationships
see also Child, Cohabitation, Domestic relationships, Domestic violence, Financial agreements, Maintenance, Mediation, Parent, Property adjustment, Reference of powers, Registration system
Characteristics of ... 7.57-7.64
Family relationship ... 2.35
Social security
see Maintenance
Superannuation ... 1.21
see also Property, Financial resources, Reference of powers
Family Law Act approach ... 8.13-8.14
Meaning of ... 8.6 – 8.9
Property or financial resource ... 8.10-8.12
Terms of reference ... 1.2
Uniformity of legislation
see Reference of powers
Violence
see Domestic violence
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