Cecil Black Mediation and Family Law in Townsville, Queensland | Divorce & Family Lawyer

Cecil Black Mediation and Family Law

Locality: Townsville, Queensland

Phone: +61 7 4772 3459

Address: Tenancy 13, 358 Flinders Street 4810 Townsville, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.cecilblack.com.au/

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22.01.2022 I am often told by a client or a person at mediation or a friend or acquaintance that he/she and his/her former partner have reached an agreement concerning there property settlement, and can they finalise the matter by completing a statutory declaration. The answer simply is that you can't.. If you would like to know more about how to formalise a family law settlement, please go to my website www.cecilblack.com.au or send me an email to [email protected] or telephone me on 07 4723 4601. If you know of somebody who would also like to know, please pass this message on to that person.

17.01.2022 This is a big thanks to all those people who have "liked" my page. I am currently preparing another post which I hope will be finished today, which you might like to share with your friends in due course relating to the impact of domestic violence on property settlements in a family law situation. If you have a particular matter that you would like me to address in a post please let me know. Until keep smiling.

16.01.2022 Be careful when renewing your marriage vows as it may have unintended consequences. The material contained in this document is general in nature and is designed to provide you with some information but should be read in association with legal advice given to you. The reader should not rely or act on this information without seeking legal advice specific to their circumstances.... In a recent decision of the Family Court of Australia (18 May 2017), a judge was required to consider the effect of a second marriage between the same couple, which was registered under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act in New South Wales. The circumstances were that a couple had been married by civil ceremony in 2008. In the next year, a religious ceremony was held with friends and family, at which the husband and wife purported to renew their vows. There are some strict requirements relative to these ceremonies, set out under the Marriage Act that operates Australia wide. It appears that these strict requirements were not followed although the wife asserts that she and the husband did tell the marriage celebrant that they were already married to each other. As a consequence of that second ceremony, the marriage celebrant registered that marriage, not knowing that the first marriage had been registered. The couple did not know of the registration of the second marriage, or that the marriage celebrant intended to register that marriage. After the separation of the couple, the husband applied for the dissolution of the first marriage (divorce) but discovered that the second marriage had been registered. The Marriage Act does permit a couple to go through a second ceremony of marriage in Australia, provided that the celebrant is informed of the existing marriage, in a written document signed by them and witnessed by the celebrant. To be sure that the husband and the wife in a ceremony to renew their vows do not get into the same difficulty that the couple in this case got into, it would be a good idea if the husband and the wife did not sign the traditional certificate of marriage but that if the husband and the wife do require some document to evidence the renewing of their marriage vows, a different document be prepared making it clear that it is not intended that the renewal of vows will constitute a second marriage. In the case in question the judge made an order declaring that the second marriage was invalid, which then enabled the husband to divorce his wife. Cecil Black

10.01.2022 A significant part of caring for a child is the payment of child support. Gone are the days when a parent, usually the father of the child could choose to go to prison for the non-payment of support for his child, and I think any fair-minded person would now say the option of going to prison was a very selfish act notwithstanding the degree of animosity that then existed between the parents of the child as was usually the case. This new regime has also brought about a series of options for providers and carers and one of those is to enter into a child support agreement. If you know of anybody who would like to know more about this option or you want to know more about it please look at the post that I have recently made on my website at www.cecilblack.com.au

08.01.2022 I have just completed a post on my website which you can access at www.cecilblack.com.au concerning the interaction of domestic violence and a family law property settlement.I am concerned about the plight of many women who have suffered domestic violence, such that they even consider staying in a relationship or returning to a relationship where there has been significant domestic violence because they are unable to support themselves adequately on their own. Should you wish to find out more of my thoughts on this issue please go to my website or should you know somebody who is in that situation or who just who wishes to consider my thoughts, please direct them to my website.

08.01.2022 Hi! I am just starting a new series dealing with parenting issues in a family law context. If you have an interest in this area not because you are in need of advice but for general information, or if you know of someone who might like to follow the series, it can be accessed on http://cecilblack.com.au/category/uncategorised/.I would appreciate your feedback.

07.01.2022 Prepared by Cecil Black Mediation and Family Law. An instance when statements made in a recording without the knowledge of the person making the statement were permitted to be introduced into evidence in a case in the Federal Circuit Court. The material contained in this document is general in nature and is designed to provide you with some information but should be read in association with legal advice given to you....Continue reading

02.01.2022 I have just published a post which deals with the relationship between the commencement of proceedings in a court and mediation. If you would like to know more about this process or know of somebody who would like to know more, please view the post or tell that person of the post by contacting http://cecilblack.com.au/the-interrelationship-between-an-/. I hope that you have a lovely day.