Global Families – Where should the Case be heard?

In cross-border disputes after relationship breakdown, where you litigate can have a massive impact on the outcome. How do the courts decide disputes about divorce, property and parenting?

In an increasing globalised world, people move between countries for career prospects, family reasons and investment opportunities.

Separating couples may have a choice to make as to which jurisdiction offers the prospect of a better outcome.

This session looks at how the courts determine jurisdiction and how competing proceedings arise and are decided. The topics are:

• What is “forum”?
• Forum tests in Australia
• Divorce
• Financial matters
• Parenting
• Forum tests overseas
• Stays and anti-suit injunctions
• Hague Convention on Child Abduction and Protection of Children
• De facto and other relationships
• Superannuation and Pensions
• Recent case examples

Learning Outcomes:

Attendees can expect to learn about:

• How Australian courts resolve jurisdiction and forum disputes
• Why it is important where a divorce takes place
• When Australian courts can deal with property which is overseas
• When Australian courts can make orders affecting parties to a marriage or a de facto relationship or their children if they are overseas

Suited to:

Lawyers, accountants and financial planners.

You will also be provided with: 

• Access to watch the Live Webinar 
• Opportunities to ask real time questions to the presenter/s
• Poll questions to test your knowledge 
• Access to On Demand recording, which can be viewed multiple times, for as long as required 
• Presenters contact details for follow up questions 
• CPD Quiz (for On Demand recordings)
• CPD Certificate 
• CPD Report – Logged automatically 
• PowerPoint Presentation
• Verbatim Transcript, with Searchability
• Supporting Documentation