Women and Family Law

A plain-English guide to family law in New South Wales covering a range of topics such as divorce, children, property settlements and AVOs.

This is the 13th edition of Women and Family Law published May 2024.

This resource is available online, as an eBook in PDF format.

Poster:

Download a printable poster to display in client areas.

Visit the relevant webpage for each chapter to download individual chapters in PDF format.

Read online:

• Chapter 1: General Information
• Chapter 2: Getting Help
• Chapter 3: Divorce
• Chapter 4: Children
• Chapter 5: Protection against violence and harassment
• Chapter 6: Child support and maintenance
• Chapter 7: Separation, your home and property division*
  *This Section is Being Updated to Reflect Recent Changes in the Law Effective 10 June 2025.
• Chapter 8: Legal language – what does it all mean?
• Chapter 9: Referrals and resources

Hard copy:

This edition of Women and Family Law is currently only available online and in PDF format.

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