Overview
Family Law will equip you with the knowledge and skills to practice family law. The unit will provide you with an understanding of the legislation and case law relating to the dissolution of the marriage relationship and de facto relationships, financial arrangements including the division of property, spousal maintenance and child support, the role of dispute resolution in family law and negotiating child focused arrangements pertaining to children. You will develop the ability to identify legal issues and structure legal arguments to resolve family law issues. The unit will also introduce you to principles of trauma-informed lawyering, which are essential for practice in this highly contentious area of the law.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-Requisites: 24 credit points in LAWS units including LAWS11057, LAWS11066 and LAWS12078.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2027
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
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