Family Law 10 CPD Point Package
- Watch or listen to Darren Mort, a Family Law Barrister of 33 years experience and FDRP practitioner. An actor, a film producer “Tommy” and “Millie” nominated for 12 awards who believes the best results for kids lie outside the Court system where too many fingers in the litigation pie lead to an outcome that may not meet a child’s best interests.
- Watch or listen to Geovanna, Jammo Accredited Specialist and Principal of Evolve Family Lawyers annual Family Law updates (2018 to 2025) off recent decisions over the previous 12 months.
Topics covered include property, parenting, spousal maintenance, child custody, maintenance, grandparents, international custody and more with cases listed below
✅ Watch on-demand and on any device. Download handout to take file notes, join the ongoing Q&A.
⇉ LogCPD, any provider which tallies by lawyer cpd year 1/4/xx to 31/3/xx.
✅ exclusive CPD package includes the following 1 CPD recorded webinars, to watch 24/7 on any device.
✅ CPD includes handouts for file notes and the ability to join the ongoing Q&A.
Voice of a Child (2024)
Darren Mort, a Family Law Barrister of 33 years experience and FDRP practitioner. An actor, a film producer of “Tommy” and “Millie” nominated for 12 awards who believes “the best results for kids lie outside the Court system where too many fingers in the litigation pie lead to an outcome that may not meet a child’s best interests.”
Family Law – Parenting Resources & Beyond (2025)
By the end of this session with Darren Mort, participants will be able to:
- To have practitioners consider resources that parents can use to shift their priorities to focus on the child/children
- Exploring evidence based research that considers the utility of options outside of the adversarial process
- To provide practitioners with ‘go to’ parenting resources for the benefit of their client
Family Law Updates
Watch or listen to Geovanna, Jammo Accredited Specialist and Principal of Evolve Family Lawyers annual Family Law updates only available at CPD for Me of recent decisions in the family law on recent cases from 2021 to 2025 (see below cases involving property, parenting, spousal maintenance, child custody, maintenance, grandparents and more.
Learning outcomes:
1. Have an understanding and summary of some of the latest important family law decisions made over the last 12 months.
2. Be better placed to advise your clients on recent decisions of the courts on key issues in family law.
3. Understand the practical implications of some of these important decisions on your family law practice and your clients.
Family Law Update (2024/25) – Geovanna Jammo
Property
– Morris & Morris (No 7) [2024] FedCFamC1F 12 – Significant asset pool – non- financial contributions – husband tried to engineer a just and equitable outcom
– Boulton & Boulton [2024] FedCFamC1A 132 – Alleged double counting of family violence –correct s79 approach – no disclosure and impact of.
Parenting
– Radecki & Radecki [2024] FedCFamC1A 246 – Rice & Asplund – Full Court clarification of s65DAAA
– Pickford & Pickford [2024] FedCFamC1A 249 – Family violence – definition of coercive and controlling behaviour
Family Law Update (2023/24) – Geovanna Jammo
Property
– Jabara & Gaber [ 2021] FedCFamC1A 26 – Interim property distribution – consideration of partial distribution defeating final outcome
– Aldrin & Celona [2021] FedcFamC1A 16 – Assessment of contributions – initial contributions – holistic assessment • Parenting
– Oberlin & Infeld [2021] FamCACF 66 – Stand alone order made for the therapeutic treatment for a parent – restriction on further application to the court.
– Langley & Tarelli (No. 4) [2021] FamiCACF 107 – best interest of the child – change of residence – family violence – impact of change on the child.
Spousal maintenance
– Simpkin [2020] FamCACF 315 – Court erred in allowing husband a “financial buffer” for “vicissitudes of life” when calculating his interim spousal
maintenance obligation – Failure to consider that the order could be varied should the husband’s financial position change
– Thorpe & Stirling [2021] FedCFamC1A 86 – Spousal maintenance – Consent order (made as part of property orders) that husband pay wife’s mortgage could only be a maintenance order – ceased to have effect upon her remarriage pursuant to s 82(4) of the Family Law Act
Family Law Update (2022/23) – Geovanna Jammo
Property
– Preston & Preston [2022] FedCFamCIA 157 – Military Pensions – Income Streams – Contributions – Starting Point of Equality
– “Kennon Assessments”
– Elmanu & Elmanu [2022] FedCFamCIA 186 – Assessment of contributions
– Defective Disclosure – Error established but not material
– Loncar & Loncar [2021] FedCFamCIA 14 – Kennon Assessment
Parenting
– Isles & Nelissen (2022) FLC 94-092 – Unacceptable risk of harm – standard of
proof – Predictive Exercise
– Rose & Rose [2022] FedCFamCIF 691 – Pressure on a Self-Represented
Litigant at Dispute Resolution Conference – Consent Orders Not in Child’s
Best Interests.
Family Law Update (2021/22) – Geovanna Jammo
Property
- Jabara & Gaber [ 2021] FedCFamC1A 26 – Interim property distribution – consideration of partial distribution defeating final outcome
- Aldrin & Celona [2021] FedcFamC1A 16 – Assessment of contributions – initial contributions – holistic assessment
Parenting
– Oberlin & Infeld [2021] FamCACF 66 – Stand alone order made for the therapeutic treatment for a parent – restriction on further application to the court.
– Langley & Tarelli (No. 4) [2021] FamiCACF 107 – best interest of the child – change of residence – family violence – impact of change on the child.
Spousal maintenance
– Simpkin [2020] FamCACF 315 – Court erred in allowing husband a “financial buffer” for “vicissitudes of life” when calculating his interim spousal maintenance obligation – Failure to consider that the order could be varied should the husband’s financial position change
– Thorpe & Stirling [2021] FedCFamC1A 86 – Spousal maintenance – Consent order (made as part of property orders) that husband pay wife’s mortgage could only be a maintenance order – ceased to have effect upon her remarriage pursuant to s 82(4) of the Family Law Act
1o CPD unit/point Substantive Law
About your Speakers
Darren is a Family Law Barrister of 33 years experience and FDRP practitioner. I am also a film producer and actor. He believes the best results for kids lie outside the Court system where too many fingers in the litigation pie lead to an outcome that may not meet a child’s best interests.
Geovanna Jammo, Director Evolve Family Lawyers Accredited Specialist Family Law Specialist
Geovanna is a repeated 5 star expert since 2016 and an accredited family law specialist, has more than 16 years’ experience as a solicitor and now practices exclusively in family law. Geovanna has acquired a broad range of family law, commercial and property legal experience. For the last 11 years she has focused primarily on her family law practice with the addition of property, wills, estate and trust matters. This broad experience has given her an in-depth understanding of complex financial and commercial structures.
Geovanna’s experience has enabled her to become extremely effective in dealing with a variety of family law issues and situations. She is known for her practical, pragmatic, compassionate, and no-nonsense approach to resolving client’s legal issues. You can rely on her to provide honest, sensitive and structured advice.
Her focus is to work with each of her clients to find quick and amicable solutions to save them the emotional and financial cost of litigation. If litigation becomes necessary, she is a determined litigator who remains calm and focused on the critical issues while endeavouring to achieve the best result possible for each individual.
Geovanna’s main practice areas are property settlements (both basic and intricate and complex), parenting disputes, and divorce.
Geovanna is a member of the Family Law Section of the Law Council, Collaborative Professionals (NSW) Inc, International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, and Central Sydney Collaborative Practice Group. She holds a Bachelor in Law as well as a degree in psychology. She can easily identify not only the important legal aspects of each client’s matter but also their individual and unique needs in order to tailor her service. Her aim is to assist her clients to move on from a difficult period of their life with certainty and renewed energy.
