Final hearings in the Family Courts are often called ‘paper trials’ – they proceed on written statements of evidence called Affidavits, which are made (sworn or affirmed by a spouse as being true) and filed in advance of any hearing. The oral evidence from litigants in family law cases is therefore usually limited to…
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GET ME OUTTA HERE! I’M TRAPPED IN THE FAMILY COURTS AND I NEED AN ‘EXIT’
I am consulted all the time by people who are ‘caught in the system’ after relationship breakdown – they, or their former partner, have commenced Court proceedings, seeking financial orders, but there is no discernible forward movement. They’re ‘stuck’ – they can’t ‘exit’ the system, because they are unable to reach an agreement with their…