Domestic violence, property and family law in Australia

Easteal, P, Young, L and Carline, A ORCID: 0000-0001-9350-3501 (2018) Domestic violence, property and family law in Australia International Journal of Law Policy and the Family, 32 (2). pp. 204-229. ISSN 1360-9939, 1464-3707

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Abstract

In Australia, domestic violence has increasingly been recognized as germane to ancillary proceedings, including parenting and property matters. However, the road to recognition of the relevance of violence has been slow and the search for appropriate responses challenging. Drawing upon an explicitly feminist perspective, this article outlines the why and how of that relevance by looking at the ways in which family violence may intersect with family law property matters. We explain how a property settlement, both in process and outcome, may be either a manifestation of coercive control and/or affected by the legacy of coercive control. In terms of how this has been addressed to date, we chart the limited Australian responses and suggestions for reform, which have effectively left the judiciary to fashion a response with all the attendant difficulties of non-legislative reform. In conclusion, we maintain that the time is therefore ripe for a reconsideration of legislative - and other - responses to issues of family violence and property.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	4804 Law In Context, 48 Law and Legal Studies, 4807 Public Law
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	07 Oct 2019 15:42
Last Modified:	24 Jan 2026 02:05
DOI:	10.1093/lawfam/eby005
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3056917
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