Showing posts with label Domestic abuse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Domestic abuse. Show all posts
Sunday, October 20, 2024
Ele Ludemann: Faster dissolution for abuse victims
Labels: Domestic abuse, Ele Ludemann, Family Proceedings (Dissolution of Marriage or Civil Union for Family Violence) Amendment Bill, Speedy divorceThis week victims of domestic abuse got a lifeline – the right to a speedy divorce.
Until this law change, victims had to wait two years, living apart from their abuser, before they could get a dissolution of their marriage.
Hansard records the background to the law change:
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