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Recorded Webinar: Coercive Control: What the New Offences Mean for FDR Practice

Coercive control is now a criminal offence in several Australian jurisdictions — and the legal landscape is still evolving. For FDRPs, the implications go well beyond awareness: the new offences change the risk landscape, the obligations and the conversations practitioners must be

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Coercive control is now a criminal offence in several Australian jurisdictions — and the legal landscape is still evolving. For FDRPs, the implications go well beyond awareness: the new offences change the risk landscape, the obligations and the conversations practitioners must be equipped to navigate. This session examines what the law now says and what it means for FDR practice, including:

  • The state and territory coercive control criminal offences: where they are in force, what they cover and how they differ across jurisdictions
  • How the legal definition of coercive control intersects with the Family Law Act’s definition of family violence
  • What the new offences mean practically for FDR — changed obligations, changed risk landscape and changed conversations with parties
  • Interaction with intervention orders, apprehended violence orders and family violence orders across jurisdictions
  • The section 60I certificate and coercive control — what practitioners need to consider before issuing
  • Cases and examples illustrating how courts are beginning to approach coercive control
  • What FDRPs need to document when coercive control is or may be present
  • Practical scenarios

Presented By

Monica Blizzard
Equity Director, Accredited Family Law Specialist, KHQ Melbourne, Vic.

Monica Blizzard is an Accredited Family Law Specialist with the Law Institute of Victoria, a trained mediator and collaborative lawyer, and has 20 years experience working in family law.

Monica has developed a passion for complex financial and property cases, and complicated parenting matters, including international relocation matters and child abduction. She has experience in drafting complex financial settlements including Binding Financial Agreements and Child Support Agreements. As a practitioner, Monica has great empathy for her clients and is determined to achieve the best outcome, tailored to their specific needs.

Monica also has expertise in surrogacy matters, having presented at three national conferences for Surrogacy Australia and Families Thru Surrogacy in 2014, 2015 and 2017.

Monica and the KHQ team take a holistic approach to family law and relationship matters, often inviting the assistance of psychologists, family report writers, financial experts such as accountants and financial planners and specialist taxation advice to ensure that the journey through the family law process is both efficient and cost effective.

Monica has presented numerous seminars for her peers (including for the Television Education Network and Legalwise) on topics such as Binding Financial Agreements, complex parenting and property matters (including surrogacy), child support and family violence. She also co-authored the Property Law section of the Lawyers Practice Manual.

Monica is an active member of the Law Institute of Victoria, Victorian Women’s Lawyers, and the Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia.

 

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