Lise v Boulton [2026] QSC 176 considers whether the discharge of an adoption order restores eligibility to claim family provision from a biological parent’s estate.
Eligibility is a threshold requirement in family provision proceedings. Most disputes concern the status of a…
Queensland’s new sperm donor family limits were meant to provide sensible safeguards for children conceived through donor treatment. Instead, Queensland Health has adopted an interpretation that appears to split a female same sex couple into two separate families.
That…
Queensland’s child protection system is facing an urgent and deeply troubling question: why are children who cannot safely return home being left in state care for years, often moving from placement to placement, without genuine consideration of adoption?
The recent…
You’ve heard things from friends, from forums, from that one person at a barbecue who’s “pretty sure” they know the law. Two years and you’re automatically entitled to half. De facto couples don’t have real rights. If you’re not married,…
Queensland’s new sperm donor family limit was intended to create clarity, consistency and better access to donor sperm. Instead, guidance issued to IVF clinics has produced a result that appears to halve donor access for many lesbian couples.
The legislation…
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More revenue was supposed to fix everything. More clients, more staff, more money in the bank. That was the plan anyway.
Then the plan backfired.
Caralee Fontenele built and grew her own law firm on the Gold Coast and in…
You’ve lived together for years, shared bills, maybe a mortgage, but never married. Then separation, a partner’s death, or a Centrelink form forces the question: are you legally de facto, and does it come down to whether you’ve been living…
Some anniversaries arrive with fanfare. Others sneak up quietly and then suddenly feel enormous.
At the end of June and the beginning of July 2026, two milestones sit side by side. One marks 30 years as an accredited family law…
Rubasin v Murphy [2026] QCA 125 (Link to JADE).
Ultimately Bond JA (Bradley and Doyle JJA agreeing) did not express a view on whether it is possible to plead the duty of care on which the self represented applicant apparently…
