Factoring in the Cost of Violence: the Relevance of Family Violence in Determining Property Settlements Under the Family Law Act

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Lauman
Keyword(s):  
Family Violence ◽  
Family Law ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Cost

A jurisdictional collision? Responses to family violence and family law in the ACT

2021 ◽  
pp. 1037969X2110542
Author(s):  
Patricia Easteal ◽  
Lorana Bartels ◽  
Shannon Dodd ◽  
Jessica White
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Family Violence ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Family Law ◽  
Law System ◽  
The Family ◽  
Legal Regimes

There has long been concern about the dynamics and inadequacies that may arise when the federal family law system intersects with state and territory civil responses to family violence. We explore the intersection of these two legal regimes in this article. Our findings are part of a larger project examining the Family Violence Act 2016 (ACT) that included interviewing both professional stakeholders and those with lived experience. Findings include a number of ways in which the safety of victim/survivors and their children could be jeopardised (or placed at risk) due to disharmony and communication issues between the two regimes.

O PROBLEMA DO AFETO NO DIREITO DE FAMÍLIA: O AFETO COMO VÍNCULO OBJETIVO CONSTITUTIVO E DISTINTIVO DE PERTENCIMENTO À ENTIDADE FAMILIARTHE PROBLEM OF AFFECTION IN FAMILY LAW: THE AFFECT AS A LINK OBJECTIVE CONSTITUTIVE DISTINCTIVE OF THE FAMILY ENTITY

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (26) ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonardo Macedo Poli ◽  
Giulia Miranda Corcione
Keyword(s):  
Family Law ◽  
The Family

Partindo da indenização por abandono afetivo, analisam-se neste texto duas perspectivas sobre o afeto: o sentimento e o dever de cuidado. A revisão das duas correntes leva à necessidade de fundamentar uma nova perspectiva que acolha a complexidade das relações familiares contemporâneas: o afeto enquanto vínculo constitutivo e distintivo da entidade familiar. A afetividade passa a ser entendida como o elemento necessário à constituição de família e à distinção desse tipo de relação frente a outras. Serão analisadas as teorias da causalidade adotadas no Brasil e na Itália, para avaliar a que melhor se aplica ao caso mencionado. Distinguem-se também os danos moral e existencial, para verificar qual deles é incidente em situações de abandono parental. Numa abordagem interdisciplinar, reavalia-se o princípio da afetividade e sua abordagem no ordenamento jurídico atual. Conclui-se que a subjetividade do afeto é inelidível e, por si mesmo, não pode constituir elemento gerador de direitos ou deveres. Postula-se então que os componentes de um grupo social têm autonomia para reconhecer o afeto como constituinte de sua relação, atribuindo-lhe constância tal, que se expresse no desejo mútuo de manter sua pertença e fortalecer sua vinculação recíproca. Esse ato de nomeação pelo qual tal grupo, em razão de seu afeto, se percebe como família é uma forma de objetivação suficiente para que o direito recupere, no afeto autodeclarado, seu objeto de intervenção.

The Family Law Bar as Leaders of Change: The IAALS Summit

2017 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-10
Author(s):  
Natalie A. Knowlton
Keyword(s):  
Family Law ◽  
The Family

Legal problems of the paternity institution: Child's rights ensuring issues

2020 ◽  
pp. 267-286
Author(s):  
Mikhail A. Gussev ◽  
Yessil S. Rakhmetov ◽  
Aliya K. Berdibayeva ◽  
Ainash Yessekeyeva
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Gender Identity ◽  
Family Law ◽  
Public Law ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Social Constructs ◽  
Social Forms ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
Legal Problems ◽  
The Family

The aim of the article is to analyze the paternity as a component of the institution of the family, its modern transformations and the resulting challenges, including modern features of parenthood. The authors show that the modern understanding of paternity is determined by gender identity and social constructs that equalize the rights of all persons who act as guardians of the child. The authors determine that the problem of paternity involves not only civil issues, but also family and in-ternational law. The authors of the article clearly show that paternity can act not only as a voluntary, conscious act, but also as a mandatory legal norm. In particu-lar, the authors note that it is possible to use the method of establishing paternity or delegating part of the authority to raise a child in the context of considering public law and its prevalence over family law. The practical significance of the study is determined by the fact that the importance of establishing the principles, as well as the legal conditions for implementing the functions of paternity, will form not only legal but also social forms and even economic parameters for citi-zens and address issues of ensuring human rights, including the rights of the child.

Reconsidering Independent Advice: A Framework for Analysing Two-Party and Three-Party Cases

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Felicity Maher ◽  
Stephen Puttick
Keyword(s):  
Family Law ◽  
Undue Influence ◽  
High Court ◽  
General Law ◽  
The Family ◽  
New Framework ◽  
Key Questions

What is the significance of the receipt of independent advice by the plaintiff in a claim to set aside a transaction on the basis of a vitiating factor – such as duress, undue influence or unconscionable conduct? The generally held view has been that it is highly significant. Indeed, the receipt of advice has been understood as an answer to many such claims. The High Court of Australia’s decision in Thorne v Kennedy apparently changes this. Although that case concerned advice in relation to binding financial agreements under the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth), the decision has important implications across banking, commercial and other areas of practice. This article, then, offers a reanalysis of this question in light of this decision and other developments. The authors propose a new framework – based around two key questions – for conceptualising the function and significance of independent advice in a particular case. The article considers and develops this framework with regard to the main general law vitiating factors in both two-party and three-party cases.

scholarly journals The cost of mental and physical health disability in childhood and adolescence to families in the UK: findings from a repeated cross-sectional survey using propensity score matching

BMJ Open ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. e018729 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesca Solmi ◽  
Mariya Melnychuk ◽  
Stephen Morris
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Childhood And Adolescence ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Family ◽  
Additional Costs ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Mental And Physical Health

ObjectiveIn the UK, families of disabled children are entitled to receive disability benefits to help meet costs associated with caring for their child. Evidence of actual costs incurred is scant, especially for mental health disability. In this study, we aimed to quantify the cost of mental and physical health disability in childhood and adolescence to families in the UK using the concept of compensating variation (CV).DesignRepeated cross-sectional survey.SettingThe UK general populationParticipants85 212 children drawn from 8 waves of the Family Resources Survey.OutcomesUsing propensity score matching we matched families with a disabled child to similar families without a disabled child and calculated the extra income the former require to achieve the same living standards as the latter, that is, their CV. We calculated the additional costs specifically associated with several definitions of mental health and physical health disability.ResultsFamilies of a child with any mental health disability, regardless of the presence of physical health comorbidity, needed an additional £49.31 (95% CI: 21.95 to 76.67) and, for more severe disabilities, an additional £57.56 (95% CI: 17.69 to 97.44) per week to achieve the same living standards of families without a disabled child. This difference was greater for more deprived families, who needed between £59.28 (95% CI: 41.38 to 77.18) and £81.26 (95% CI: 53.35 to 109.38) more per week depending on the extent of mental health disability. Families of children with physical health disabilities, with or without mental health disabilities, required an additional £35.86 (95% CI: 13.77 to 57.96) per week, with economically deprived families requiring an extra £42.18 (95% CI: 26.38 to 57.97) per week.ConclusionsMental and physical health disabilities among children and adolescents were associated with high additional costs for the family, especially for those from deprived economic backgrounds. Means testing could help achieve a more equitable redistribution of disability benefit.

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