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Showing posts with label Family Proceedings (Dissolution of Marriage or Civil Union for Family Violence) Amendment Bill. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Family Proceedings (Dissolution of Marriage or Civil Union for Family Violence) Amendment Bill. Show all posts

Sunday, October 20, 2024

Ele Ludemann: Faster dissolution for abuse victims


This 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: