The Reference Manual – 101 Family Law Answers is the first of the By Lawyers reference manuals to be updated to the new stylish format.
As well as the new format, two commentaries have been added in the Enforcement chapter.
Court enforcement of a child support debt: A child support debt, a debt occasioned due to non payment of a registered maintenance liability, is a debt to the Commonwealth, as opposed to the payer, and is recoverable by action taken by the Child Support Registrar: s 113; or by the payee: s 113A. …
Property orders – Enforcement and the overseas factor: Unlike parenting orders, the Family Law Act, Rules or Regulation make no provision for the registration of property orders in overseas jurisdictions, or the registration and enforcement of overseas property orders in Australia. Furthermore, Australia is not party to any international conventions which provide for the reciprocal recognition of property orders overseas. …