Table Of ContentLEXISNEXIS ANNOTATED ACTS
ANNOTATED FAMILY LAW
LEGISLATION
4th edition
2017
Current to 1 May 2017
LEXISNEXIS ANNOTATED ACTS
ANNOTATED FAMILY LAW
LEGISLATION
4th edition
Richard Chisholm
BA, LLB (Sydney); BCL (Oxford);
AM Adjunct Professor, ANU School of Law
Susanne Christie
BA (Hons I) (Syd), LLB (Hons I) (Syd)
Grad Dip Legal Prac (UTS)
Barrister, NSW
Julie Kearney
LLB Hons (JCU)
Barrister, NSW
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Table of Cases
A v A [1976] VR 298 …. [s 60CC.40]
— v A; Relocation Approach (2000) 26 Fam LR 382; FLC 93-
035; [2000] FamCA 751 …. [S 60CC.140]
— v HM and WM (1979) 4 Fam LR 776 …. [s 4.505.27]
— v Liverpool City Council [1982] AC 363; [1981] 2 All ER 385
…. [s 60CC.5]
A and B (Infants), Re [1897] 1 Ch 786 …. [s 60CC.5]
A and BV Maunder, In the Marriage of (1999) 25 Fam LR 579;
FLC 92-871 …. [s 55A.5], [s 55A.13]
A, In the Marriage of (1984) FLC 91-590 …. [s 75.52]
— (1986) 10 Fam LR 485 …. [s 97.3]
— (1998) 22 Fam LR 756; FLC 92-800 …. [s 60CC.40]
Aaron v Robinson (2013) 274 FLR 296 …. [23,372.10]
Abbott, In the Marriage of (1995) 123 FLR 424; 18 Fam LR 550;
FLC 92-582 …. [23,640.30], [s 94AA.5]
Abdo, In the Marriage of (1989) 12 Fam LR 861; FLC 92-013 ….
[s 93A.8], [s 93A.10]
Abdullah, In the Marriage of (1981) 6 Fam LR 654; FLC 91-003
…. [s 79.205], [s 106B.65], [s 106B.75]
Abduramanoski v Abduramanoska (2005) 191 FLR 360; 33 Fam
LR 1; (2005) FLC 93-215 …. [s 112AP.30]
Abood, In the Marriage of (1981) 7 Fam LN 21; FLC 91-081 ….
[s 80.9]
Abrecht, In the Marriage of (1984) 10 Fam LR 22; FLC 91-590 ….
[s 79.157]
Abuse (W) Allegations, Re; Expert Evidence (2001) 164 FLR 18;
(2001) 28 Fam LR 45; FLC 93-085 …. [23,376.15], [r
15.52.1], [r 15.45.2], [s 67ZB.10]
Acheson v Acheson (1985) 11 WN (NSW) 185 …. [s 106B.45]
Adam v Dickeson [1974] VR 77 …. [Pt 13.3.5]
— v Newbigging (1888) 13 App Cas 308 …. [s 87.57]
Adam P Brown Male Fashions Pty Ltd v Philip Morris Inc (1981)
148 CLR 170; 35 ALR 625 …. [s 94AA.10]
Adamopoulos, Re; Ex parte Adamopoulos (1987) 11 Fam LR 801;
FLC 91-851 …. [s 93A.14]
Adamson v West Perth Football Club Inc (1979) 27 ALR 475 ….
[s 31.4]
Addison v Brown [1954] 2 All ER 213 …. [ss 86-87.0.12]
Ahmad, In the Marriage of (1979) 24 ALR 621; 34 FLR 501n; 5
Fam LR 15; FLC 90-633 …. [s 60CC.97], [s 62G.12]
— (1994) 18 Fam LR 514; (1995) FLC 92-571 …. [s 79.169]
Ahmed v Governing Body of the University of Oxford [2003] 1
All ER 915 …. [r 15.38.1]
AI and AA v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and
Indigenous Affairs [2003] FamCA 943 …. [s 67ZC.20]
Aitken v Deakin [2010] FMCAfam 35; BC201000125 ….
[23,476.10]
Akbar v Mali [2015] FamCAFC 244; BC201551199 ….
[23,296.15], [r 11.02.3], [r 11.02.5], [r 11.03.1], [r 11.03.3]
Alati v Kruger (1955) 94 CLR 216 …. [s 87.55]
Albany, In the Marriage of (1980) 6 Fam LR 461; FLC 90-905 ….
[s 79.161], [s 79.199], [s 79.213]
Aldous, In the Marriage of (1996) 21 Fam LR 142; FLC 92-715
…. [s 79.133]
Aldred, In the Marriage of (1984) 9 Fam LR 539; (1984) FLC 91-
510 …. [s 44.18], [s 44.19], [s 44.20], [s 114.24], [s 114.4], [s
114.6]
Aldred, In the Marriage of (No 2) (1985) 9 Fam LR 1091; (1985)
FLC 91-602 …. [s 44.19], [s 114.31], [s 114.32]
Aldridge v Keaton (2009) 235 FLR 450; 42 Fam LR 369 …. [s
60CC.16], [s 60CC.31], [s 60H.1]
Aldridge & Keaton [2009] FamCAFC 106; BC200950355 ….
[23,312.30]
Aleksovski, In the Marriage of (1996) 20 Fam LR 894; FLC 92-
705 …. [s 79.199], [s 79.205], [s 79.257]
Alesch v Maunz (2000) 203 CLR 172; 173 ALR 648; 26 Fam LR
237 …. [23,648.10]
Alex, Re (2004) 31 Fam LR 503; FLC 93-175 …. [s 61B.20], [s
67ZC.3]
Alexander v Cambridge Credit Corp (Receivers Appointed) (1985)
2 NSWLR 685; 10 ALCR 42 …. [23,312.30], [r 22.11.9]
Alexander and Taylor; R v [1975] VR 741 …. [23,588.30], [r
15.04.15]
Alexander, In the Marriage of (1977) 3 Fam LR 11,286; 29 FLR
239; (1977) FLC 90-257 …. [23,532.10], [23,532.15], [cl
6.05.5], [cl 6.05.7], [r 19.05.5], [r 19.05.7], [s 117.25], [s
117.26]
— (1982) 8 Fam LR 289; FLC 91-244 …. [s 107.10]
Allcard v Skinner (1887) 36 Ch D 145 …. [s 87.74]
Alldrice v Masters [2012] FMCAfam 914; BC201206515 ….