If there is an allegation of family violence in a family law case the court may tell you that there is a ban on personal cross-examination. This means that cross-examination of the other party must be conducted by a lawyer representing you.  Information for legal practitioners:

If a vape has nicotine the law will treat it as a tobacco product.

If someone owes you money you can ask a court to help you get this back.

Child Support Agency will need to know who the law determines the father of a child is if a claim of child support is going to be made. Sometime a court will confirm this from the results of a DNA test.

Just Healthy Families (JHF) is a Health Justice Partnership that embeds free legal help into health and social service settings with the aim of reducing family violence for all Tasmanians. It is a collaboration between Women’s Legal Service Tasmania (WLST) and Tasmania Legal Aid (TLA) in partnership with the Child Health and Parenting Service (CHAPS),…

Family Dispute Resolution is a way of trying to fix family law problems through mediation instead of going to court. Mediation is when people try to solve a problem or disagreement with the help of anindependent person.

For people under 18 years of age, the criminal justice system allows offenders of minor crimes alternatives to going to court to deal with offending.

Going to court can be stressful. Be prepared and get advice early. Below is information to help you if you need to go to court.

There are very serious consequences for anyone convicted of a crime related to child exploitation material.

Some people because of their work or role need to make a report to Child Safety if they believe a child is unsafe or at risk.

Contacting Strong Families Safe Kids on 1800 000 123 to report concerns about a child helps Child Safety to keep kids safe

There are rules that Child Safety follow when they are working with a family to make a kid safe. The law says who can make decisions about a kid.