This fact sheet explains what risk assessment is and why it is important, what we ask about it and what we do when identifying concerns about a client’s (or children’s) safety.
Tag: Women and the Law
28 posts
This fact sheet covers Cyber safety, Digital footprint, Account access and takeovers, Social engineering, Spyware, Mobile phones & computers.
This factsheet explains who IARC are, what the domestic and family violence provisions are in Australian Immigration Law, visas the provisions apply to, how to prove domestic and family violence and where your client can get help.
This factsheet covers sexually transmitted debt and financial abuse, practical tips for women and explains bankruptcy.
This factsheet covers if your client needs a divorce, the 4 requirements and procedural steps involved in getting a divorce and whether or not your client has to go to court.
This factsheet covers:How and when children’s views can be taken into account in family law matters?Can a child decide who they live with or spend time with?How does evidence of children’s views get before the court? What are Family Reports? What does the Independent Children’s Lawyer do?
This fact sheet covers how the Family Law system considers Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and kinship obligations when dealing with children’s matters, what is kinship care and how it is considered in the NSW Care and Protection system when children are placed in out of home care.
This factsheet covers enforcement of child support, overseas travel, effects on Centrelink and Family Tax Benefit, domestic violence and complaints against the Child Support Agency.