Inside Family Law with Zoë Durand

"The Reasons Behind" - Angelo Bistolaridis on the importance of understanding why people separate at the 2024 FLENA conference.   Statistics on why people end relationships. Stages of grief process. Hindu and Chinese marriage Acts. Reasons for divorce. No fault divorce. Benefits of this. However unintended flow on effect is we have depersonalised people. Not seeking to understand why people separa...

"the wider family law umbrella" why Rafton's sponsor at Pacifica Congress, Cairns, 2024 Sponsoring coffee cart at Pacifica Congress. RAMP - Rafton's Arbitration and Mediation Practice Maurice Edwards, and his role at RAMP sponsorship and importance of interdisiplinary conferences with input from social scientists and psychologists and all those in the wider family law umbrella. History of Rafton's...

Dr Leo Schep Analysing hair, urine and blood tests. You can usually tell if someone is using medical marujiana or if there is recreational use based on the results. Timelines for how long tests can work - urine, blood vs hair follicle tests AND also depends on the type of the drug (this is a must listen to). "What implication does that have on the impairment of the individual?" If someone uses a d...

"Coming home" with Dr Phil Watts at  the Pacifica Congress Cairns 2024, on value of Pacifica Congress Conference, cross examination and norms in psychological tests Burn out. People are overloaded. Due to a lack of appreciation. Most people are not appreciative of what we do. Importance of support network. Brintyn shared his experience of what did and did not work. We do work in a risk zone. What...

"Tell me more", Dr Phil Stahl on report writing at Pacifica Congress Cairns 2024   Phil Stahl on report writing and helping report writers to develop a method for how they write reports. Looking at the strengths and weaknesses of the report. What are the common issues with reports? Across the board one of the issues is a lack of depth. For example ask the parent why they are concerned. Why they be...

"The Outcomes for Families" - Amanda Little at Pacifica Congress, Cairns, 2024 The value of interdisciplinary conferences. We are constantly "Calling on all the other knowledge" . The value in family law of understanding other areas. Interdisciplinary referrals. Collaboratively working with each other. Family Law Education Network is also finding that other professionals have jointed FLENA. Family...

The Hon Steven Strickland KC, Justice Tom Altobelli AM, Stephen Foley, Dr Simon Kennedy, Nadine Udorovic, Dr Peter Krabamn, Clare Rowe and Leigh McBean.

“bite the bullet” proposed changes to the Family Law Act, The Hon Steven Strickland KC, Pacifica Congress Cairns Inside Family Podcast: Pacifica Congress Cairns 2024 series   The Honourable Steven Strickland KC Exposure draft. Proposed amendments to Family Law Act. Proposed provisions that would allow the Court to consider family violence in property matters. The proposed amendments would be beyon...

“What’s gone wrong?”, dangers of too much screen time for children in a post covid world, Simon Kennedy, Pacifica Congress Cairns Inside Family Podcast: Pacifica Congress Cairns 2024 series   Simon Kennedy Covid and changes to children’s lifestyles. Issue of if there is over diagnosis of ASD. In Dr Kennedy’s perspective there is a current over diagnosis of ASD and ADHD, in particular since covid....

“We take the burden off” Inside Family Podcast: Pacifica Congress Cairns 2024 series   Leigh McBean Sponsorship of conference. How the funding process works. Inability to pay legal fees creating pressure for clients and lawyers and also affecting the dynamic between lawyers and clients. Demographics of who uses JustFund. Interim applications re release of funds VS legal lending. Nitty gritty of le...

“the flippant way” Inside Family Podcast: Pacifica Congress Cairns 2024 series   Clare Rowe The issues with accessibility of psychological terms in the mainstream and in particular social media. I.e Tik tok or Instagram diagnosis or narcissism, or BPD. Difficulty of seeing the other party through the lense of personality disorders and the sense that it then means the matter cannot resolve or progr...

“Just keep asking the questions” Inside Family Podcast: Pacifica Congress Cairns 2024 series   Stephen Foley, Legal Ready E-brief ready – electronic briefs. Covid and how this affected the uptake of technology. Uptake of AI in products. AI plus lawyer as a good combination at the moment. Use AI wisely. “Don’t put your head in the sand” but “start touching the keys.” Start becoming familiar with AI...

“Other ways”, Nadine Udorovic, Pacifica Congress Cairns 2024 series   Why sponsor Pacifica Congress? Nicholes Family Lawyers has been sponsoring for years. Importance of interdisciplinary conferences and also the formal and informal aspects of such conferences. Approach of the firm to look at other ways to resolve a dispute. Amazing opportunity to meet with the professionals who work at the coalfa...

Dr Peter Krabman “People who struggle to adapt to life”. The University of Wollongong AIR program. (Affect, Identity and Relationship). Struggle with identities. People owning and working to address personality disorder. Stigma around personality disorders. Value of DBT Therapy. Instagram or social media “diagnosis”. Can a person “recover” from a personality disorder?  Difficulty with diagnosis wh...

Inside Family Podcast: Pacifica Congress Cairns 2024 series   Justice Tom Altobelli AM How families have changed and may change in the future. Also the use of AI and emerging technology in family law in the future: benefits and potential problems. To join Pacifica Congress or attend their next event see https://pacificacongress.org/ @INSIDE FAMILY LAW SPOTIFY OR PODBEAN https://zoedurand.podbean.c...

As featured in The Australian 23 April 2019 https://www.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/family-law-reform-priority-for-next-australian-government/news-story/93af28df3bbe0c6f67b1e69910c7a0a2 https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/legal-affairs/judicial-wishlist-to-clear-family-law-backlog/news-story/68f15f036d7d47fbb5b5a1f6629cd418 In this interview I speak with former Family Court Judge, The Hono...

“huge beast” – Clare Rowe on NDIS & parents disputes about diagnosis of children at the Pacifica Congress conference Listen in https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-ujz8a-14d6128   Clare Rowe https://www.roweandassociates.com.au/ Clare has presented at Pacifica Congress events several times including at their Plus One event in Sydney 2023. Clare, through the Family Report Writer’s Network is sponsori...

“out of your comfort zone” – Fiona Kirkman on technology and AI in family law at the Pacifica Congress conference Fiona Kirkman from FamilyProperty ( https://www.familyproperty.com.au/team ). FamilyProperty were sponsors of the Pacifica Congress conference in Hobart 2023. They are also sponsoring the Inside Family Law Champagne Celebration. At the Pacifica Congress Conference live in Hobart 2023 w...

“hidden in plain sight” – Nicola Taylor and Marilyn Freeman on a paradigm shift and new frontiers in what is part of family law at the Pacifica Congress conference Nicola Taylor https://www.otago.ac.nz/cic/staff/professor-nicola-taylor Dr Marilyn Freeman https://www.westminster.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/directory/freeman-marilyn At the Pacifica Congress Conference live in Hobart 2023 www.pacificac...

“a different approach” – Phil Stahl on the value of interdisciplinary discussions at the Pacifica Congress conference Phil Stahl ( https://parentingafterdivorce.com/ ) At the Pacifica Congress Conference live in Hobart 2023 www.pacificacongress.org   The Inside Family Law Podcast is hosted by Zoe Durand at Mediation Answers www.mediationanswers.com.au in partnership with Lawyer Magic and ArtWork....

“our client is the child” – Olia Pelayo from Children in Focus on the supervision process and keeping children in the centre of it at the Pacifica Congress Conference series. Olia Pelayo ( https://www.childreninfocus.com.au ) At the Pacifica Congress Conference live in Hobart 2023 www.pacificacongress.org   The Inside Family Law Podcast is hosted by Zoe Durand at Mediation Answers www.mediationans...

“wanting something better” – Dr Robert Simon on family violence at the Pacifica Congress Conference series. Dr Robert Simon ( https://www.dr-simon.com/ ) At the Pacifica Congress Conference live in Hobart 2023 www.pacificacongress.org   The Inside Family Law Podcast is hosted by Zoe Durand at Mediation Answers www.mediationanswers.com.au in partnership with Lawyer Magic and ArtWork.   If you would...

“layers of truth” – Dr Phil Watts on information to children (truth) & how we take information from them in the Court process (children’s voice), Pacifica Congress Conference series Dr Phil Watts ( https://www.mindstatepsychology.com.au/ ) At the Pacifica Congress Conference live in Hobart 2023 www.pacificacongress.org   The Inside Family Law Podcast is hosted by Zoe Durand at Mediation Answer...

“own what you say” – Family Reports that are proscriptive with Dr Kaylene Evers, Pacifica Congress series Dr Kaylene Evers ( https://www.kayleneevers.com/ ) At the Pacifica Congress Conference live in Hobart 2023 www.pacificacongress.org   The Inside Family Law Podcast is hosted by Zoe Durand at Mediation Answers www.mediationanswers.com.au in partnership with Lawyer Magic and ArtWork.   If you wo...

“This was a time in our lives, let’s honour it” – Interdisciplinary collaborative practice with Susan Warda and Bernie Bolger Susan Warda, Mills Oakley (https://www.millsoakley.com.au/) Bernie Bolger, The mediation Collective (https://mediationcollective.com.au/) At the Pacifica Congress Conference live in Hobart 2023 www.pacificacongress.org   The Inside Family Law Podcast is hosted by Zoe Durand...