Bill
Family Law (Self-Assessment) Bill 2019
lapsed, as at 2022-07-25.
- Sponsor
- Pauline Hanson
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2019-09-12
- second reading — 2019-09-12
- second reading — 2019-09-16
- other — 2022-07-25
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2019-09-12.
The bill would require separating couples to work out their own property and parenting arrangements within a fixed period set by law.
Couples would have to use an online portal to declare their assets and debts, with a default rule that each spouse gets at least 35% of the family home's net value unless a court would order less due to ill health or special circumstances.
The explanatory memorandum says the bill would affect about 350,000 voters and could be implemented in weeks without spending public money.
- Makes compliance with the Family Law Act 1975 mandatory, not optional or deferred.
- Requires a financially disadvantaged spouse (usually the female) to receive at least half of the couple's relationship property within 60 days.
- Creates a system of parental self-assessment for shared parenting disputes, requiring a residential parent to explain why they are not allowing standard contact hours by the other parent.
Separating couples, including de facto couples, and particularly financially disadvantaged spouses and non-residential parents.
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