Family Law Property Adjustment After Long Marriage: How Post-Separation Inheritance and Ongoing Disability-Care Duties Shift the Percentage Split Under Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) s 79?

Based on the authentic Australian judicial case Lindsay & Lindsay [2023] FedCFamC2F 122 (File No ROC 31 of 2020), this article disassembles the Court’s judgment process regarding evidence and law. It transforms complex judicial reasoning into clear, understandable key point analyses, helping readers identify the core of the dispute, understand the judgment logic, make more rational litigation choices, and providing case resources for practical research to readers of all backgrounds.

Chapter 1: Case Overview and Core Disputes

Basic Information

• Court of Hearing: Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2)
• Presiding Judge: Judge Demack
• Cause of Action: Family Law property adjustment
• Judgment Date: 10 February 2023
• Core Keywords:
  • Keyword 1: Authentic Judgment Case
  • Keyword 2: Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) s 79
  • Keyword 3: Post-separation contributions
  • Keyword 4: Inheritance used to discharge mortgage
  • Keyword 5: s 75(2) future needs and disability-care burden
  • Keyword 6: Rule 6.36 release of subpoenaed documents

Background

This was a long-running, self-represented property settlement dispute following the breakdown of a decades-long marriage. The parties agreed, in broad terms, that their contributions during the relationship were equal. The dispute sharpened after separation because real life did not pause: children grew, care needs continued, money arrived from outside the relationship, and debts changed shape. The Court was required to identify the true property pool, evaluate what mattered as contributions after separation, and decide whether the future would fall unevenly on one party’s shoulders in a way that justified a further adjustment.

Crucially, a real property acquired shortly before separation became the symbolic battlefield: one party characterised it as something effectively “for the children”, especially an adult child with disability; the other characterised it as matrimonial property and therefore divisible. Overlaying that was a practical procedural question: whether subpoenaed financial documents could lawfully be used in a child support context.

Core Disputes and Claims

1. Pool Characterisation Dispute
   • Applicant’s position: One property acquired shortly before separation was, in substance, intended for the benefit of the parties’ child with disability, and should be treated differently from ordinary matrimonial property.
   • Respondent’s position: The property was an investment or family asset and should be included in the divisible pool.
2. Percentage Split Dispute
   • Applicant’s claim: A materially larger percentage split in the Applicant’s favour, relying on post-separation contributions and future needs.
   • Respondent’s claim: A smaller adjustment, still in the Applicant’s favour but less substantial.
3. Procedural Use of Subpoenaed Documents
   • Applicant’s claim: Leave to provide subpoenaed documents to the child support authority for assessment purposes.
   • Respondent’s position: The judgment indicates the Court needed to determine whether permission should be granted under the applicable rule.

Chapter 2: Origin of the Case

The relationship began in youth and developed into a long marriage with five children. Early family support helped the parties establish housing, but the ordinary vulnerabilities of life were present: relocations for employment, financial pressure, and the complex reality of parenting children with ongoing disabilities.

As the family grew, the parties moved between cities and regional areas. The daily weight of care was not an abstract concept. It was the routine of schooling, therapy, supervision, and practical life management, particularly for children with genetic disorders. This routine shaped work choices, income trajectories, and the lived meaning of “contribution” beyond wages and receipts.

A decisive turning point occurred shortly before separation when a property was acquired in a manner that later attracted competing narratives. Title was structured in unequal shares. The deposit originated from the Respondent’s redundancy payment, but the ongoing servicing of the loan and later the discharge of the mortgage occurred through the Applicant’s resources. After separation, the Applicant received an inheritance which was used to extinguish the mortgage on that property. This was not a mere accounting entry; it was a choice about stability, caregiving, and future security.

Separation followed. The parties’ conflict did not merely concern “who gets what”. It concerned how the Court should recognise the financial reality after separation, the moral and practical reality of disability-care, and the legal reality that intention without documentation does not automatically produce a trust.

In a self-represented setting, the litigation itself became part of the story: each party had to give evidence, face cross-examination, and attempt to translate a lifetime into admissible facts.

Chapter 3: Key Evidence and Core Disputes

Applicant’s Main Evidence and Arguments

• Property intention narrative
  The Applicant asserted that a property acquired shortly before separation was purchased primarily as housing security for the parties’ adult child with disability, framed as a practical response to rental market conditions and the child’s limited capacity for independent living.

• Financial evidence of post-separation contribution
  The Applicant relied on evidence that the mortgage was paid down and ultimately discharged using funds received from the Applicant’s father, including inheritance funds after his death, and that the Respondent’s mortgage contributions were minimal in comparison.

• Parenting and care evidence
  The Applicant advanced evidence of ongoing primary caregiving responsibilities, including support for an adult child requiring substantial assistance and for a younger child with ongoing impairment-related support needs.

• Procedural request re subpoenaed documents
  The Applicant sought leave to provide subpoenaed documents to the child support authority, contending overlap between the issues explored in property proceedings and child support assessment.

Respondent’s Main Evidence and Arguments

• Matrimonial property characterisation
  The Respondent contended that the disputed property was an investment or family asset, not held on trust, and should be included in the property pool.

• Contributions framing
  The Respondent accepted equal contributions during the relationship but resisted a large post-separation shift, pointing to the initial deposit source and seeking a more moderate overall adjustment.

• Real property outcome preference
  The Respondent sought sale of a property in negative equity rather than allowing a refinance option, reflecting a risk-management approach to debt and future exposure.

Core Dispute Points

1. Trust versus matrimonial property

   • Was the disputed property held on trust for the child or children, or was it ordinary matrimonial property?
2. Weight to post-separation financial actions
   • How should the Court quantify the significance of discharging a mortgage post-separation using inheritance funds?
3. Weight to ongoing caregiving responsibilities
   • How should the Court reflect the practical reality that one party was likely to carry a greater disability-care burden into the future?
4. Procedural permission for subpoenaed documents
   • Could subpoenaed documents be provided to the child support authority consistently with the governing rule?

Chapter 4: Statements in Affidavits

Affidavits do not merely recount facts; they construct a version of reality designed to be accepted as credible, consistent, and legally relevant. In this matter, each party used affidavit material to push the Court toward a different interpretation of the same events.

How the Applicant Used Affidavit Framing

The Applicant’s affidavit strategy focused on purpose and necessity. The narrative of the disputed property was framed around disability, vulnerability, and parental protection: the property was said to have been acquired as a practical substitute for renting, with a protective intention to prevent exploitation of the child and to create stability.

This is a classic family law affidavit technique: elevate the “why” of a transaction to influence the “what” of its legal classification. The strength of this approach depends on corroboration. Without documents reflecting a trust arrangement, the narrative must carry the heavy load of persuasion through consistent detail, independent support, and objective indicators.

How the Respondent Used Affidavit Framing

The Respondent’s approach relied on legal simplicity: title is title, intention without formalisation is not ownership transfer, and a family asset remains a family asset absent a recognised trust or completed gift. This strategy aims to convert the dispute into a rule-based decision, narrowing the Court’s room to move.

Comparing Competing Descriptions of the Same Fact

Both sides described the same acquisition event. The Applicant described it as child-protective planning; the Respondent described it as a financial decision consistent with investment or family benefit. A notable feature was that a letter attributed to the adult child existed, indicating the mother asked for it, and expressing a belief that the house was mainly for the child but also for the other children. That mixture of purpose, belief, and family benefit became a double-edged sword: it supported that the property had a child-benefit narrative, but it also undermined any claim of exclusive “trust for one beneficiary” logic.

Strategic Intent Behind the Judge’s Procedural Directions

In a self-represented matter, the Court’s procedural management serves two purposes: fairness and clarity. By requiring each party to be available for cross-examination and by focusing on filed documents, the process ensures the Court can test credibility and reduce the risk that unsupported narrative displaces objective proof. This is particularly important where one party asserts a trust-like arrangement without formal documentation.

Chapter 5: Court Orders

Before final resolution, the proceedings involved practical procedural arrangements typical of property matters:

• Directions requiring exchange and reliance upon filed affidavits and supporting documents
• Subpoena processes to obtain financial information from third parties
• Management of disclosure and inspection, including restrictions on use of subpoenaed material
• Listing for hearing dates, including allocation for evidence and cross-examination

Although specific dates are not required here, the structure reflects a common trajectory: evidence gathering through subpoena, affidavit consolidation, cross-examination, and final orders.

Chapter 6: Hearing Scene: Ultimate Showdown of Evidence and Logic

Process Reconstruction: Live Restoration

Both parties were self-represented, which changes the courtroom dynamic. The Court’s task remains the same, but the pathway to admissible proof becomes more fragile. Cross-examination in such cases often reveals not only inconsistency but also the difference between belief and evidence.

The decisive tension centred on the disputed property: the Applicant’s narrative depended on the Court accepting a trust-like characterisation; the Respondent’s position depended on the Court treating the property as divisible matrimonial property.

Under cross-examination pressure, trust assertions typically break into practical questions:

• Where is the deed of trust?
• Who is the beneficiary?
• What are the terms?
• If the property was “for the child”, what steps were taken to gift it?
• Why is legal title structured as it is?
• After purchase, what conduct indicates ownership transfer?

The Court examined the evidence against these questions. In the absence of documents reflecting a trust, the legal pathway narrows significantly.

Core Evidence Confrontation

The most decisive evidence was the objective structure of the transaction and the subsequent financial conduct:

• Title in tenants in common with overwhelmingly larger share to the Applicant
• Deposit source from the Respondent’s redundancy payment
• Minimal mortgage contributions by the Respondent after acquisition
• Mortgage discharge post-separation using the Applicant’s inheritance
• No deed or agreement demonstrating a trust
• No subsequent completed gift to the child or children

The evidentiary contest was not about whether the parties cared for their child. It was about whether legal ownership had been altered in a way recognised by law.

Judicial Reasoning with Original Quotation

The Court’s trust analysis turned on the absence of objective trust documentation and the lack of a later gift or transfer.

“There is no constructive trust … The house … must be included in the pool.”

That statement was determinative because it stripped the dispute back to property law fundamentals: without a proven trust or completed gift, the property remains part of the matrimonial asset pool and must be evaluated within s 79.

On contributions after separation, the Court identified that the Applicant’s inheritance was used in a way that materially benefited the pool by discharging debt, and that caregiving load continued to fall primarily on the Applicant.

“I assess that there should be an adjustment … in favour of the [Applicant] … for her post-separation contributions …”

This mattered because the Court translated real-world post-separation decisions into a quantified adjustment, refusing to treat separation as the end of “contribution”.

Chapter 7: Final Judgment of the Court

The Court made final property adjustment orders. In practical effect, the orders:

• Required transfer of specified real properties into the Applicant’s name, with refinance obligations and a sale fallback mechanism if refinance could not occur
• Allocated responsibility for mortgage servicing and outgoings pending sale if sale was triggered
• Included mechanisms to manage cooperation with a real estate agent
• Implemented a superannuation split in the Applicant’s favour by way of a base amount approach
• Included a catch-all transfer clause and mutual indemnities to give effect to the overall division
• Appointed the Registrar to execute documents under s 106A if either party refused or neglected to cooperate
• Granted leave for subpoenaed documents to be provided to the relevant authority for child support assessment purposes
• Dismissed outstanding applications

The Court was satisfied the result was just and equitable and appropriate.

Chapter 8: In-depth Analysis of the Judgment: How Law and Evidence Lay the Foundation for Victory

Special Analysis

This case is unusually instructive because it shows how courts handle a common family law phenomenon: a party frames a property decision as a child-protective arrangement, but the legal system requires objective markers of trust or gift before it will treat the asset as belonging to someone else.

The jurisprudential value lies in the Court’s disciplined separation of three concepts that are often emotionally fused:

1. A parent’s genuine intention to benefit a child
2. A family’s moral commitment to support a child with disability
3. The legal requirements to remove an asset from the matrimonial pool

The Court recognised the lived reality of caregiving and future burden, but it did not allow unformalised intention to override legal ownership.

Judgment Points

1. Intention is not a trust unless law recognises it
   The Court tested the trust narrative against the absence of a deed, agreement, or document.

2. Post-separation financial actions can materially shift contributions
   Discharging a mortgage with inheritance funds was treated as a significant contribution.

3. Future needs are not rhetoric; they are an evidentiary and practical forecast
   Ongoing disability-care responsibilities can justify adjustment under s 75(2) factors.

4. Self-represented status does not dilute evidentiary standards
   The Court applied orthodox principles despite both parties appearing in person.

5. Child support issues may overlap but remain procedurally distinct
   The Court did not determine child support liability within the property case but permitted use of subpoenaed materials for assessment due to overlap.

Legal Basis

The Court’s reasoning moved through the s 79 framework:

• s 79(2): threshold “just and equitable”
• s 79(4)(a)–(c): contributions
• s 79(4)(d)–(g) incorporating s 75(2): future needs considerations

For the subpoena issue, the Court applied the rule governing use of subpoenaed documents, requiring permission for disclosure beyond the proceedings.

Evidence Chain

Victory Point 1: Neutralise the trust claim with objective transaction evidence
– Legal title structure and lack of trust documentation
– No subsequent gift or transfer to the child

Victory Point 2: Demonstrate post-separation contribution with traceable financial causation
– Inheritance funds used to discharge mortgage
– Evidence that debt reduction benefited the net pool position

Victory Point 3: Prove ongoing caregiving responsibility with concrete daily-life indicators
– Care needs of an adult child with disability
– Additional support needs of a minor child
– Evidence of who carried day-to-day oversight

Victory Point 4: Frame future needs as a realistic constraint on earning capacity
– Care responsibilities reduce flexibility, availability, and job choice over time
– Comparative earning capacity evidence between parties

Victory Point 5: Keep “pool” clean and move external cash events into contributions or needs
– Payments received after separation do not automatically remain in the pool
– The correct legal analysis is whether the funds were converted into pool assets or should be treated as contributions

Victory Point 6: Translate competing narratives into testable propositions
– A narrative is persuasive when it becomes a proposition that can be proven: document, transfer, deed, payment trail, contemporaneous writing

Victory Point 7: Use procedural permissions strategically and lawfully
– Subpoenaed documents are restricted in use; permission prevents procedural breach and supports lawful advocacy in the child support context

Judicial Original Quotation

The Court’s trust finding is the legal pivot:

“There is no constructive trust … The house … must be included in the pool.”

This was determinative because it fixed the property’s legal character and prevented the dispute from becoming a moral contest about parental intent.

The contributions adjustment is the practical pivot:

“I assess that there should be an adjustment … in favour of the [Applicant] …”

This was determinative because it recognised that real money paid down real debt after separation can change the equitable balance.

On subpoenaed material use, the Court’s permission logic was grounded in overlap and fairness:

“There is significant overlap … it is reasonable that I give leave …”

This mattered because it shows a lawful pathway for self-represented parties to use relevant material without breaching procedural rules.

Analysis of the Losing Party’s Failure

The losing pathway in this case was not a lack of care or sincerity. It was a legal failure of proof architecture.

1. A trust narrative without a trust instrument is structurally fragile
   Without a deed or clear agreement, the Court must default to orthodox property classification.

2. A “for the children” intention is legally ambiguous
   Even supportive statements that the asset benefits multiple children tends to weaken any claim of exclusive beneficial ownership.

3. The law requires a completed gift or recognised equitable mechanism
   If the aim is to secure housing for a child, the legal steps must match the intention: formal trust, transfer, or binding agreement.

4. Over-reliance on belief rather than contemporaneous documents invites rejection
   Courts decide on evidence, not aspiration.

Key to Victory

The successful party’s advantage came from aligning the story with the law:

• A clear financial trace: inheritance funds → mortgage discharge → unencumbered asset
• A credible practical reality: ongoing disability-care obligations
• A legally coherent framing: treat intention as context, but prove ownership and contribution through objective facts

Reference to Comparable Authorities

• Stanford v Stanford (2012) 247 CLR 108
  Ratio: A property order under s 79 requires the Court to be satisfied it is just and equitable to make an order, not merely because parties request it; the Court must consider the existing legal and equitable interests and the relationship circumstances.

• Bevan v Bevan (2013) FLC 93-545
  Ratio: The “just and equitable” requirement is a substantive check and not a formality; the Court must consider whether alteration of property interests is warranted in all circumstances.

• Kowaliw v Kowaliw (1981) FLC 91-092
  Ratio: Post-separation financial events may be treated differently depending on whether they are a product of joint endeavour, a windfall, or conduct; treatment depends on justice and equity in the particular facts.

These authorities are comparable not because they match every fact, but because they illuminate the legal checkpoints: threshold justice, contributions, and the principled handling of post-separation financial change.

Implications

1. Your intention must be translated into a legal structure
   If you want an asset to be “for the child”, protect that intention early with legally effective steps. Self-protection begins at the moment you choose documentation over assumption.

2. Post-separation choices are still contributions
   Separation does not freeze fairness. If you pay down debt or preserve an asset, keep records and treat those actions as part of your case story.

3. Caregiving is evidence, not just emotion
   Daily care is real labour. Make it visible with details that a court can weigh: schedules, responsibilities, and the way care limits work opportunities.

4. Keep your case organised like a chain, not a cloud
   Courts prefer a clean chain: document → date → transaction → effect. Your agency grows when your evidence becomes easy to follow.

5. Procedural rules are not obstacles; they are guardrails
   If a document is subpoenaed, its use is restricted. Seek permission properly. Lawful strategy protects you from accidental self-sabotage.

Q&A Session

1. If a property is intended to help a child with disability, does that remove it from the matrimonial pool?
   Not automatically. The Court tends to require objective legal steps such as a formal trust, a completed transfer, or other recognised equitable basis. Intention alone is usually insufficient.

2. If one party receives inheritance after separation, does the other party automatically share it?
   Not automatically. The Court tends to focus on whether inheritance funds remain in the pool or are applied in a way that alters the pool, such as paying down a mortgage. The legal impact depends on evidence and the justice and equity assessment.

3. Can subpoenaed documents from family law proceedings be used for child support purposes?
   Generally, subpoenaed documents are restricted to use in the proceedings. Permission is commonly required to disclose them elsewhere, but courts may grant leave where there is significant overlap and no unfair prejudice.

Appendix: Reference for Comparable Case Judgments and Practical Guidelines

1. Practical Positioning of This Case

Case Subtype

Family Law: Married relationship property adjustment with post-separation contribution dispute and s 75(2) future needs adjustment, involving ongoing disability-care responsibilities.

Judgment Nature Definition

Final Judgment.

2. Self-examination of Core Statutory Elements

Execution Instruction

The following legal tests are general reference standards. Outcomes tend to depend on the totality of evidence, jurisdictional practice, and the Court’s assessment of justice and equity in the particular facts.

① De Facto Relationships & Matrimonial Property & Parenting Matters (Family Law)

Core Test: Existence of De Facto Relationship, Section 4AA

A relationship tends to be considered on the facts of the particular case, including the following nine factors:

1. Duration of the relationship: General rule often assessed against a 2-year duration threshold unless exceptions apply.
2. Nature and extent of common residence: Whether the parties lived together, and whether cohabitation was continuous or intermittent.
3. Whether a sexual relationship exists or existed: Presence, absence, or change over time may be weighed as part of the overall picture.
4. Degree of financial dependence or interdependence, and any arrangements for financial support: Joint accounts, shared bills, or one party supporting the other.
5. Ownership, use and acquisition of property: Whether assets were acquired jointly or separately and how they were used.
6. Degree of mutual commitment to a shared life: Plans, decisions, and conduct showing commitment beyond convenience.
7. Care and support of children: Whether the parties cared for children together and how responsibilities were shared.
8. Reputation and public aspects of the relationship: How friends, family, and the community viewed the relationship.
9. Registration of the relationship under a State or Territory law, where applicable: Formal registration may be weighed as part of the factual matrix.

Even where these factors point in different directions, courts tend to apply a composite picture approach, examining the totality of the evidence rather than any single factor.

Property Settlement: The Four-Step Process

1. Identification and Valuation
   • Identify all assets, liabilities, and financial resources.
   • Determine current values with reliable evidence, noting that valuation disputes tend to require expert material.
2. Assessment of Contributions
   • Financial contributions: initial, during relationship, and post-separation contributions.
   • Non-financial contributions: improvements, renovations, labour, management.
   • Contributions to welfare of the family: homemaking and parenting work.
3. Adjustment for Future Needs
   • Consider s 75(2) factors, including age, health, income earning capacity, care responsibilities for children, and practical financial resources.
   • Adjustments tend to be percentage-based and depend on evidence of comparative disadvantage.
4. Just and Equitable
   • Final check: whether the order is fair in all circumstances.
   • The Court tends to examine whether altering existing interests is warranted and whether the practical outcome is workable.

Parenting Matters: Section 60CC of the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth)

Primary Considerations:
– Benefit to the child of having a meaningful relationship with both parents
– Need to protect the child from physical or psychological harm, with harm given greater weight

Additional Considerations:
– Views of the child, depending on maturity and understanding
– Capacity of each parent to provide for the child’s needs
– Practicalities and expense of the child spending time with each parent
– Any other relevant circumstances, including family violence and support structures

3. Equitable Remedies and Alternative Claims

Execution Instruction

If a statutory pathway is uncertain or incomplete, equity and common law doctrines may offer alternative routes. These are fact-sensitive and tend to require careful proof.

Promissory Estoppel and Proprietary Estoppel

• Was there a clear and unequivocal promise or representation about property or support?
• Did you act in reliance on that promise in a way that caused detriment, such as paying money, giving up work, or improving property?
• Would it be unconscionable for the other party to resile from the promise?

If established, equity may restrain departure from the promise or provide relief shaped to avoid unconscionability. Outcomes tend to vary significantly depending on the clarity of the promise and the degree of detriment.

Unjust Enrichment and Constructive Trust

• Did the other party receive a benefit at your expense?
• Is it against conscience for that benefit to be retained without compensation?
• Is a proprietary remedy necessary, or is a monetary remedy adequate?

A constructive trust tends to require a principled basis grounded in conscience and evidence. Courts tend to be cautious where parties rely on informal family understandings without clear proof.

Procedural Fairness as a Parallel Strategy

Where disputes touch administrative assessment, such as child support decisions:
– Was there a genuine opportunity to be heard?
– Was relevant material considered?
– Was there any apprehension of bias?
– Were reasons adequate and lawful?

This pathway tends to be relevant in judicial review contexts and requires disciplined identification of legal error rather than disagreement with outcome.

4. Access Thresholds and Exceptional Circumstances

Regular Thresholds

• Property proceedings after separation are governed by limitation regimes and procedural rules that tend to require timely commencement.
• Disclosure obligations tend to require full and frank exchange of relevant financial information.
• Superannuation splitting requires procedural compliance, including service on trustees and adherence to operative time rules.

Exceptional Channels

• Less than standard cohabitation or atypical family structures may still engage jurisdiction where exceptions apply, including presence of a child or substantial contributions leading to serious injustice if orders are not made.
• Latent issues in assets, such as hidden liabilities, may justify reopening or variation pathways in limited circumstances, subject to strict legal tests and evidence.
• Procedural permissions, such as leave to use subpoenaed documents, may be granted where overlap is significant and there is no prejudice to third parties.

Suggestion:
Do not abandon a potential claim simply because a standard threshold appears difficult. Carefully compare your circumstances against exceptions and procedural pathways. Agency grows when you test assumptions against the actual legal framework.

5. Guidelines for Judicial and Legal Citation

Citation Angle

This authority is useful where submissions involve:
– Whether a late-stage “child benefit” narrative can remove an asset from the matrimonial pool without a formal trust or completed gift
– How post-separation debt reduction using one party’s resources may be treated as a significant contribution
– How disability-care responsibilities and comparative earning capacity may justify s 75(2) adjustments
– When leave may be granted to use subpoenaed documents in a child support assessment context due to overlapping financial issues

Citation Method

As Positive Support:
– Where your matter involves a disputed characterisation of property said to be “for a child” without supporting documentation, this case can be used to support a structured argument that legal classification turns on objective evidence.

As a Distinguishing Reference:
– If an opposing party cites this authority, emphasise factual differences such as existence of a deed of trust, a completed transfer, or materially different financial tracing, and argue the precedent’s reasoning does not control your fact pattern.

Anonymisation Rule:
– In public discussion and drafts intended for publication, do not use real names of parties. Use procedural titles such as Applicant and Respondent.

Conclusion

This judgment teaches a disciplined lesson: intention matters, but law requires proof. When you convert your intentions into documents, your evidence into chains, and your lived responsibilities into concrete facts, you reclaim control of the narrative and reduce the risk that the Court must guess.

Everyone needs to understand the law and see the world through the lens of law. The in-depth analysis of this authentic judgment is intended to help everyone gradually establish a new legal mindset: True self-protection stems from the early understanding and mastery of legal rules.

Disclaimer

This article is based on the study and analysis of the public judgment of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Lindsay & Lindsay [2023] FedCFamC2F 122), aimed at promoting legal research and public understanding. The citation of relevant judgment content is limited to the scope of fair dealing for the purposes of legal research, comment, and information sharing.

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