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Article: De Facto Property Proceedings - The State Courts Will Hang On.
- Article from:
- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Article date:
- June 9, 2009
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It may be that we family and relationship lawyers had a collective sigh of relief with the passage and commencement of the Family Law Amendment (De Facto Financial Matters and Other Measures) Act 2008. Practised in the streamlined rules and procedures we are accustomed to in the Family Court and the FMC, many of us found the UCPR and concurrent procedures and requirements puzzling, difficult and not conducive to expeditious resolution.
Thankfully, subject to certain matters particular to de facto proceedings (such as determining the start and end points of a relationship), we hope that de facto proceedings in the Family Court and the FMC will proceed with the ...