Consent Orders in Family Law Matters - Australia According to the information provided by Adam Cooper in a paper he has delivered. Consent orders are a very useful means of obtaining orders from the Family Court in regard to property and children's matters. Consent orders carry many advantages, including the exemption in property matters for roll-over stamp duty and capital gains tax. Being an economical and less invasive means of resolution, an ability to divide superannuation interests between the parties,...
What are Consent Orders? A Consent Order is made by the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia formalising an agreement reached between parties after separation about parenting and/or property matters. A parenting order will only become legally binding if deemed to be in the best interests of the child. As a legally binding Order, each person affected by the Order must follow it. A parenting order deals with a range of issues, including but not limited to: Who the child will reside with; How much time the child will spend with each parent; Whether one or both parents...