Renee Stevens, Legal Risk Manager at Lawcover and Kristy Nunn, Director of Mullane & Lindsay, discuss recent cases and claims highlighting some key risk areas of family law practice, and explore how to manage these risks effectively.

Resources

Binding Financial Agreements

Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) sections 90G and 90K

Rogic v Samaan [2018] NSWSC 1464

Spouse maintenance

Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) sections 90F and 90UI

Millington & Millington [2007] FamCA 687 (29 June 2007)

Fosse & Salvage [2019] FamCA 385 (14 June 2019)

Spouse maintenance orders

Bodilly & Hand [2019] FamCA 210 (9 April 2019)

Blevins and Blevins [2019] FCCA 1923 (11 July 2019)

Child support and child support agreements

Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989 (Cth) sections 80C(2), 83 and 106A(5)(a)

Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989 (Cth) Part 4

Superannuation splitting orders

Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Regulations 1994 (Cth) Part 7A

Family Law (Superannuation) Regulations 2001 (Cth) Regulation 72