Family Law Financial Settlements
Issues covered include: property settlement proceedings, binding financial agreements, Child Support (Assessment) Act, common drafting issues
Description
Spend an afternoon exploring financial settlements, in particular, discussing addbacks, binding financial agreements and the legislative impacts of amendments to the Child Support (Assessment) Act on the drafting of binding child support agreements.
Attend and earn 3 CPD units in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Once seminars are completed, delegates from Western Australia may apply to The Law Society of Western Australia for family law specialist accreditation points. Each application is subject to approval by the Accreditation Committee on a case by case basis and approval is not guaranteed. Your request for points form and attached materials can be emailed to accreditation@lawsocietywa.asn.au
Chair: Madeleine Bridgett, Barrister, 6 St James Hall Chambers
2.00pm to 3.00pm: Addbacks in Family Law Property Settlement Proceedings
A discussion of the current position. Did they disappear and are now making a comeback or did they ever truly leave?
Presented Irene Morozov, Partner, Barkus Doolan Family Lawyers; Accredited Specialist in Family Law; Leading Family & Divorce Lawyer and Recommended Family Lawyer (High-Value & Complex Property Matters), Doyle’s Guide 2020
3.00pm to 4.00pm: Are Binding Financial Agreements Dead?
The decision in Thorne & Kennedy was thought to have brought about the death of Binding Financial Agreements, a thought that has been somewhat borne out by many firms refusing to do them.
- Are they really dead (and, if not, should they be)?
- Or do they remain a useful tool to be used by lawyers to provide clients with certainty, either at the start or the end of the relationship?
Presented by Malcolm Gittoes-Caesar, Principal/Director, Head of Family Law, Coleman Greig Lawyers; Accredited Specialist in Family Law; Lawyers Weekly 2019 Family Law Partner of the Year
4.00pm to 4.15pm: Break
4.15pm to 5.15pm: Child Support (Assessment) Act Amendments, Binding Support Agreements and Common Drafting Issues
- Consider the 2018 amendments to the Child Support (Assessment) Act (‘the Act’) and their impact on the drafting of binding child support agreements
- Gain practical drafting tips that address the issues that often arise with these technical documents
- Obtain information to help you prepare agreements that are compliant with the legislation, able to be accepted by the Child Support Registrar, and drafted to respond to routine changes that happen in the lives of parents and their children, such as care and income, for example
Presented by Brett Walker-Roberts, Senior Policy Advisor, and Amanda Nates, Policy Officer, Child Support Program Branch, Services Australia