Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Australia: Defragmenting the Ever-Growing Family Law System
- Australia: Recognition of Children’s Rights and the High Court of Australia
- Belgium: What is a Parent? Answers and Questions
- Chile: Comments on the Regulation of the ‘First Welcome’ in the Protocol of the Interinstitutional Technical Table of Chile
- China: Research on the Necessity and Feasibility of Recognising Same-Sex Couples’ Status Under Civil Law in China
- China: The Protection of Property Rights and Interests of Divorced Female Family Caregivers
- Czech Republic: On Couples in De Facto Unions in the Czech Republic
- England and Wales: Abortion in England and Wales: The Ethical Challenge
- France: A Chronicle of French Family Law: 2021
- Hong Kong: Hello, Can You Hear Me? Implementing Article 12 of the UNCRC in the Hong Kong Legal Setting
- Ireland: LGBT + Family Rights in Ireland: Stretching Traditional Conceptions of Parenthood
- Italy: Italy’s 2021 Family Law Reform: A Missed Opportunity to Harness Artificial Intelligence for the Benefit of Minors
- Norway: Legal Capacity in Family Law Matters: Implementing Article 12 of the CRPD in Norway
- Poland: Legal Effects of Incapacitation in Polish Family Law
- Seychelles: Ground(s) For Divorce in Seychelles
- Slovenia: The Impact of Covid-19 on Family Relations in Slovenia
- South Africa: Homosexual Muslims in South Africa Some Legal Implications, Including Constitutional, Marriage and Succession
- South Korea: Grandchild Adoption in South Korea
- Sweden: Harmonising Family Law Across Borders in Europe
- United States of America: The Surprising Continuing Lack of Consensus Under US Law for the Award of Spousal Support After Divorce
- Index
Australia: Defragmenting the Ever-Growing Family Law System
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 November 2023
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Australia: Defragmenting the Ever-Growing Family Law System
- Australia: Recognition of Children’s Rights and the High Court of Australia
- Belgium: What is a Parent? Answers and Questions
- Chile: Comments on the Regulation of the ‘First Welcome’ in the Protocol of the Interinstitutional Technical Table of Chile
- China: Research on the Necessity and Feasibility of Recognising Same-Sex Couples’ Status Under Civil Law in China
- China: The Protection of Property Rights and Interests of Divorced Female Family Caregivers
- Czech Republic: On Couples in De Facto Unions in the Czech Republic
- England and Wales: Abortion in England and Wales: The Ethical Challenge
- France: A Chronicle of French Family Law: 2021
- Hong Kong: Hello, Can You Hear Me? Implementing Article 12 of the UNCRC in the Hong Kong Legal Setting
- Ireland: LGBT + Family Rights in Ireland: Stretching Traditional Conceptions of Parenthood
- Italy: Italy’s 2021 Family Law Reform: A Missed Opportunity to Harness Artificial Intelligence for the Benefit of Minors
- Norway: Legal Capacity in Family Law Matters: Implementing Article 12 of the CRPD in Norway
- Poland: Legal Effects of Incapacitation in Polish Family Law
- Seychelles: Ground(s) For Divorce in Seychelles
- Slovenia: The Impact of Covid-19 on Family Relations in Slovenia
- South Africa: Homosexual Muslims in South Africa Some Legal Implications, Including Constitutional, Marriage and Succession
- South Korea: Grandchild Adoption in South Korea
- Sweden: Harmonising Family Law Across Borders in Europe
- United States of America: The Surprising Continuing Lack of Consensus Under US Law for the Award of Spousal Support After Divorce
- Index
Summary
Résumé
Le système juridique fédéral de l’Australie a adopté diverses lois (parfois incohérentes) relatives à la réglementation des relations familiales, promulguées à la fois par le Commonwealth et par les gouvernements des États et des territoires. Au cours des dernières décennies, le gouvernement du Commonwealth a pris un certain nombre de mesures visant à remédier à cette fragmentation juridique. Dans la même période, une tendance à qualifier l’ensemble des lois relatives à la famille et aux questions connexes de « système de droit de la famille » s’est de plus en plus développée, ce qui a suscité de plus grandes attentes et une pression croissante pour améliorer l’homogénéité et la cohérence entre ces lois, les tribunaux et autres organismes qui les administrent. Cet article montre de quelle manière la défragmentation et l’harmonisation des lois relatives à la famille et aux questions connexes ont été réalisées en Australie, notamment la récente fusion des tribunaux fédéraux de droit de la famille.
INTRODUCTION
The law of marriage was first administered in Australia by the various states, which were then British colonies, prior to federation. The law was that brought from England, based upon a mixture of common law traditions, English legislation and the traditions of the Ecclesiastical Courts. Throughout the 1800s, there was a variety of state and territory marriage legislation.
Following federation in 1901, jurisdiction to make laws with respect to marriage and matrimonial causes was conferred upon the federal government, although this jurisdiction was barely exercised prior to 1959 when the Commonwealth passed the Matrimonial Causes Act 1959 (Cth). However, from federation in 1901 until 1961 when the Commonwealth passed the Marriage Act 1961 (Cth), each state and territory remained responsible for regulating marriage, resulting in the legal requirements for marriage varying from border to border.
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- International Survey of Family Law 2022 , pp. 1 - 22Publisher: IntersentiaPrint publication year: 2022