In Australia, family law covers divorce, children’s orders, parenting arrangements, property division and spousal maintenance says Queensland’s Family Law Practitioners’ Association president Deborah Awyzio.  They come under the Family Law Act 1975, a federal law which also created the Family Court of Australia.  However, she said they were required to first access Family Disruption Resolution, a free mediation service, to try to come to an agreement.  Read MORE.