Family

10 Ways To Personalise A Loved One’s Funeral

Posted on November 14, 2023April 11, 2025 by beyondbparis

One thing that funeral directors are fully aware of when arranging a funeral for a family’s departed loved one is that the need to make that funeral personalised is likely to be high on the list of requests made of them. Whilst funeral directors will happily accommodate such requests, the key point is that the departed’s family and friends are more critical to any personalisation than the funeral director.

We say that for the simple reason that funeral directors, except in rare circumstances, will not have known the deceased; therefore, they will not know any specifics about them and, thus, what would make the funeral personal to them. Below, are ten ways to personalise a loved one’s funeral.

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Eligibility And Evidence Requirements For A Partner Visa

Posted on September 23, 2021April 11, 2025 by beyondbparis

For anyone who has a partner or spouse living in Australia and wishes to join them here, it will be necessary to obtain a partner visa.

It should be noted that there is not just one type of partner visa there are several if you include the subclasses of partner visas. The visa which applies to any individual depends upon the specific circumstances of the applicant, and the basis upon which they wish to live and/or work in Australia.

It is critically important that anyone applying for a partner visa has all the correct facts including knowing which type of partner visa they need. Applying for the wrong visa may not only delay an application but in the worst-case scenario, could see it be rejected. For these reasons every applicant should seek the help and advice of immigration experts before they begin their partner visa application.

Partner Visa Types

Here are summaries of partner visas including their subclasses, we recommend contacting an expert such as www.successmigration.com.au for more information.

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Why Most Couples Who Divorce Do Not Go To Court

Posted on May 4, 2021April 11, 2025 by beyondbparis

One of the biggest surprises that clients get when they first meet with their divorce lawyers is the news that it is unlikely to go to court.

In fact, for every 10 clients a divorce lawyer represents, it will be unusual if any more than 1 of them end up having their divorce settlement determined by a judge sitting in a family court.

There are many reasons for this but perhaps the main one is the principle in Australian family law that the grounds for divorce can only be an irretrievable breakdown of the marriage.

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5 Ways To Make Moving House In The Heat of Summer Bearable

Posted on April 19, 2021February 1, 2025 by beyondbparis

Whilst you may be able to pick which house you are moving to, your removalists, and even the wallpaper that you are going to hang in your new living room, one thing you cannot choose is the weather on the day of your move.

You might also be constrained in terms of the date you can move, or the time of year you move, and this may mean moving at the height of the summer.

Many activities are suited to the summer such as cricket, tennis, and swimming, but house moving, for most people, is not fun when temperatures are high.

For this reason, we thought we would help out with our top 5 tips for making moving house during the hot summer months, more bearable for all.

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What Happens If You Want To Change Your Child’s Name After Divorce?

Posted on January 7, 2021May 8, 2021 by beyondbparis

If you are divorced and have any children there may come a point that might wish to change the name of those children, and if so, given the legal complexities, you should certainly consult your family lawyers.

The reason for that is that even though you may have sole responsibility for the child, there are a number of legal requirements that must be met before you will be allowed to change the name of your child.

Let us start with how the basic process works in Western Australia, and in the first instance, you would only make an application here if that is where the child’s birth was registered. If their birth was registered in a different state, your application needs to be made there.

If they were registered in WA, your application needs to be sent to the Western Australian Registry of Birth Deaths and Marriages. It is here where the registrar will make the ultimate decision with regard to your application.

It should be noted that there are several different application forms which are each applicable to the specific reason why you wish to change your child’s name, and what details you wish to change. This which refers to whether it is their first name, or their family name that is changing.

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Never Mind The Kids – Who Gets Custody Of Our Pets After Divorce?

Posted on December 23, 2020June 30, 2021 by beyondbparis

For anyone going through a divorce, it can be the case that everything is agreed amicably including finances, property settlement, and arrangements for the children and that the work of each divorce lawyers is merely to facilitate the agreement by drawing up the divorce papers and submitting them to the family Court to be approved.

No doubt many a family lawyer is reading this and saying, ‘If only’, because there are many divorces that take a different path where each spouse refuses to accept the other’s proposal for a divorce settlement and ultimately the matter needs to be resolved by going to the Family Court.

Often the most contentious issues revolve around the arrangement for children and in some cases, it will be the property settlement that the two parties are haggling over. There is one matter, however, that few people think of being a contentious issue until they themselves have had to face it, and that the question of what happens to any pets that the divorcing couple own.

Whilst the Family Law Act of 1975 has paragraph upon paragraph about how the law wants the best interests of children being served with regards to any arrangements made for them, but rightly or wrongly, the legislators of the time did not think to apply the same criteria to pets.

We say that with our tongue in our cheek as the idea that children are pets are on an equal footing when it comes to how the law would want to protect their welfare is not a serious one. At least that might the view within the legal universe, but just ask any pet owner how much they love and adore their pet, and it will become clear that they certainly want their pet’s welfare to be looked after.

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Why Relocating With Your Children After Divorce Might Not Be Possible

Posted on November 8, 2020April 1, 2025 by beyondbparis

One of the issues that all family lawyers will have had to deal with at some time, and probably on more than one occasion, is where a client wishes to relocate with their children following a divorce.

Many parents are under the misconception that simply because when the divorce was finalised in court the order was that the children live with them that they have the right to take the children to live anywhere they choose.

That is simply not the case.

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