Since shared parenting legislation came into effect, relocation cases have become much more difficult. We recently acted for a mum (in an intact marriage) who discovered that her husband had been sexually abusing their 6 year old daughter. Even though she had lived in Australia for 10 years, she really felt that she needed the support of her family (who still live overseas) to help her and the Children come to terms with the devastating end of the marriage. The husband opposed the wife and children moving to Europe and the matter became the subject of a long Court battle. Our client was successful and has now returned home to Europe. This is what she had to say about RFL. "I've tried to think of ways to thank you for what you have achieved for me and the Children, but it is impossible to put in words. Hoping that you know anyway. I now simply say, thank you. Forever grateful."

We acted for a mother of an 11 year old child from her first marriage, who wanted to move back to France.  She had remarried a French national and they had a baby who at the time we represented her was two years old.  The father of her first child opposed her moving back even though he lived in rural NSW and only saw his child during school holidays.  After protracted negotiations we reached an agreement for our client to move back to France with her child.  The child now spends more time with his father than he used to, by coming out to Australia during his long European vacation in the middle of each year.  In return for the right to relocate, our client relinquished her right to child support so that the father of her first child could use that money to fund his own airfares to visit his child in France each year.