Fairness in Child Support (F.I.C.S.)'s next meeting

 

Fairness in Child Support (F.I.C.S.)'s next meeting

Fairness in Child Support (F.I.C.S.)'s meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month (except for January). The meetings commence at 7.30 PM and are held at the Coniston Community Hall, Coniston (which is located between the Coniston Railway Station and the Phoenix Theatre). Coniston is a suburb of Wollongong.

Our next meeting will be held on Thursday 1 February 2024 (there is no meeting in January 2024 due to school holidays). Please contact John Flanagan on 0415 899 574 for further details.

Everyone is welcome. There is no charge for attendance.

Regards

 

John Flanagan,

Secretary,

Fairness In Child Support.

http://fairnessinchildsupport.blogspot.com/

 Exposure Draft Family Law Amendment Bill (no. 2) 2023.

The new exposure draft Family Law Amendment Bill (no. 2) 2023 has been posted on the Commonwealth Attorney-General's web-site, for discussion. It proposes to use family violence issues to provide a greater transfer of the property (and superannuation) from one party to the other party.

However it is not only about individuals, which will be the majority of cases.  

If passed, it will also affects one of the current loopholes viz trusts. This new exposure draft Family Law Amendment Bill (no. 2) 2023 is also going to bring partnerships and trusts into the equation through new section 10KI "Compliance by entities that are not legal persons".

As a result, if passed by Parliament, unproven family violence accusations (and many other similar reasons) will also be used to get a bigger property settlement from partnerships and trusts, as well as from individuals. This is to cut off any loopholes. This is an interesting move by the Attorney-General.

 

Family Law Amendment Bill 2023.

Labor’s proposal to remove the equal shared parental responsibility provision from family law will lead to more broken families and unjust outcomes for both children and parents. We note that the other parent, without the parental responsibility, still has the responsibility of paying child support!

Labor brought in the Family Law Act in 1975, the child support legislation in 1988 and 1989, domestic violence changes and the removal of penalties for perjury in 2011 and now the removal of equal shared parent responsibility and more in 2023.

This is our submission on the Family Law Amendment Bill 2023 that was made to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee's inquiry.

http://www.equalparenting.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Sub03.pdf

p.s. The Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee has unfortunately recommended approval for the Bill on 24 August 2023. The report has been referred back to the Senate. The Bill was debated on 11 September 2023.