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LAWS77-518: Family Law

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Description

Family Law is an elective subject in postgraduate programs offered by the Faculty of Law. Students enrolled in this subject will learn about the foundations of family law in Australia: validity of marriage, nullity of marriage, divorce, children, child support, child maintenance, maintenance, division of property, and injunctive relief. Upon completion of this subject, students will be able to demonstrate their understanding of these aspects of Australian family law and their ability to engage in legal reasoning by discussing and solving complex legal problems orally and in writing.

Subject details

TypePostgraduate
CodeLAWS77-518
EFTSL0.125
FacultyFaculty of Law
Semesters offered
  • September 2021 [Standard Offering]
  • January 2022 [Non-Standard Offering]
  • September 2022 [Standard Offering]
  • January 2023 [Non-Standard Offering]
  • September 2023 [Standard Offering]
Credit10
Study areas
  • Law
Subject fees
  • Commencing in 2021: $5,250
  • Commencing in 2022: $5,310

Learning outcomes

1. Understand and identify family law issues.
2. Apply principles of family law to the facts of given case scenarios.
3. Analyse, critique and evaluate the effectiveness of family law.

Enrolment requirements

Requisites: ?

Nil

Assumed knowledge:

Assumed knowledge is the minimum level of knowledge of a subject area that students are assumed to have acquired through previous study. It is the responsibility of students to ensure they meet the assumed knowledge expectations of the subject. Students who do not possess this prior knowledge are strongly recommended against enrolling and do so at their own risk. No concessions will be made for students’ lack of prior knowledge.

Assumed Prior Learning (or equivalent):

Restrictions: ?
  • Study Abroad Students

Students must be into a Masters law degree OR LA-43040 Doctor of Legal Science (Research) OR be an approved Law Study Abroad or Law Exchange student.

This subject is not available as a general elective. To be eligible for enrolment, the subject must be specified in the students’ program structure.

Anti-requisites: ?

Subject outlines

Subject dates

Non-Standard Offering
Enrolment opens15/11/2020
Semester start18/01/2021
Subject start25/01/2021
Cancellation 1?08/02/2021
Cancellation 2?12/02/2021
Last enrolment06/02/2021
Withdraw – Financial?22/02/2021
Withdraw – Academic?11/03/2021
Teaching census?21/02/2021
Standard Offering
Enrolment opens18/07/2021
Semester start13/09/2021
Subject start13/09/2021
Cancellation 1?27/09/2021
Cancellation 2?04/10/2021
Last enrolment26/09/2021
Withdraw – Financial?09/10/2021
Withdraw – Academic?30/10/2021
Teaching census?08/10/2021