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2025 Legal Topics for seniors diary (Diary)
This free diary, released on 2 December has information about seniors rights, scams, aged care, and helpful contact numbers of agencies and services for seniors. There is an order limit of 4 diaries per person. Please allow 7 working days after 2nd December for delivery. Organisations or community groups who would like to order more than the maximum limit of the diary, can email publications@legalaid.nsw.gov.au.
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Veterans' Advocacy Service – legal aid for veterans and their dependants (Pamphlet)
How Legal Aid NSW can help veterans and their dependants with advice, assistance and representation.
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Are you a grandparent? Your legal questions answered (Pamphlet)
This brochure explains what legal options you have if you are a grandparent who is raising grandchildren, wants to spend time with your with grandchildren or if you are concerned about your grandchildren's welfare. It also covers what financial assistance is available and where you can get legal help.
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2025 legal topics for seniors diary* |
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2025 Legal Topics for seniors diary (Diary)
This free diary, released on 2 December has information about seniors rights, scams, aged care, and helpful contact numbers of agencies and services for seniors. There is an order limit of 4 diaries per person. Please allow 7 working days after 2nd December for delivery. Organisations or community groups who would like to order more than the maximum limit of the diary, can email publications@legalaid.nsw.gov.au.
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Families, Relationships and Children* |
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Child Support Factsheet 3: Applying to court for leave to change your assessment (Factsheet)
If you have special circumstances that make your child support assessment unfair, you may be able to apply to the Services Australia: Child Support for a 'Change of Assessment'.
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Child Support Factsheet 5: Going to the Administrative Review Tribunal (Factsheet)
This fact sheet explains the steps you can take if you disagree with a child support decision made by Services Australia: Child Support. The Child Support Service of Legal Aid NSW can give you advice about the ART and how to appeal.
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Child Support Factsheet 4: Applying to court for a stay order (Factsheet)
This factsheet provides information about obtaining a stay order, which is a temporary court order which suspends or reduces child support while a decision is made about a child support application.
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Child Support Factsheet 1: Taking action to get child support (Factsheet)
How to lodge an application for a child support assessment with DHS, and apply for a child support parentage declaration.
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Child Support Factsheet 2: Taking action to dispute paternity (Factsheet)
This factsheet outlines what you can do if you don't think that you are the father of the child.
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Kids in Care 1: DCJ want to talk about my kids: What will happen? (Brochure)
This booklet explains what happens when someone makes a report about your kids to DCJ and outlines what a caseworker can do when they are investigating a report. It explains terms like 'active efforts', parental responsibility contract, temporary care agreement and parenting capacity order. It also has tips for dealing with caseworkers.
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Kids in Care 2: Going to the Children's Court (Brochure)
When DCJ place your child in out-of-home care, they have to apply to the Children’s Court for court orders. This booklet explains what will happen on the first day of court, what decisions will be made about your children, who will get parental responsibility during court proceedings, and explains terms like 'contact visits', 'establishment' and 'care plan'.
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Kids in Care 3: Things have changed and I want my kids back: What can I do? (Brochure)
This booklet explains the process of changing Children's Court orders i you feel things have changed. It has step by step information about how to apply to change the orders, including Section 90 applications, alternative dispute resolution, affadavits and what happens in court.
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Kids in Care 4: The Children's Court made a decision I am unhappy about: What can I do? (Brochure)
Anyone who was a party to the original proceedings in the Children’s Court can appeal against the decision if they are dissatisfied with the order made. This booklet tells you what happens in an appeal.
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Kids in Care 5: What happens when my kids are in care? (Brochure)
This booklet explains who makes decisions about your kids when they are in out-of-home care, how you can maintain contact with your kids while they are in care, and what to do if you are concerned about their well-being while in care.
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Kids in Care 6: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and care (Brochure)
This brochure is about what happens if an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child needs to be placed into out-of-home care. It explains the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child and Young Person Placement Principle and what rules DCJ must follow to ensure a child's safety and connection to kin, country and culture.
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Child Support Service (Pamphlet)
This brochure explains how Legal Aid NSW's Child Support Service can help both paying and carer parents with child support matters.
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Are you a grandparent? Your legal questions answered (Pamphlet)
This brochure explains what legal options you have if you are a grandparent who is raising grandchildren, wants to spend time with your with grandchildren or if you are concerned about your grandchildren's welfare. It also covers what financial assistance is available and where you can get legal help.
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Do you need legal help and support with domestic violence? (Domestic Violence Unit) (Brochure)
This brochure outlines how the lawyers, financial counsellors and social workers at the Legal Aid NSW Domestic Violence Unit (DVU) can support you.
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander publications* |
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Kids in Care 6: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and care (Brochure)
This brochure is about what happens if an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child needs to be placed into out-of-home care. It explains the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child and Young Person Placement Principle and what rules DCJ must follow to ensure a child's safety and connection to kin, country and culture.
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Legal Aid NSW general publications* |
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Legal Aid NSW - How we can help you (Brochure)
Legal Aid NSW can help you in many ways. We have: help by phone and online, free legal information, help with everyday legal problems, experienced lawyers who listen, help at court. Find out about our many services and who we help in this publication.
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Courts, Police and Crime* |
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A guide to bail (Pamphlet)
This publication explains what bail is, how bail is determined and different types of bail conditions.
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Prisoners* |
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A guide to bail (Pamphlet)
This publication explains what bail is, how bail is determined and different types of bail conditions.
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Domestic and family violence* |
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Do you need legal help and support with domestic violence? (Domestic Violence Unit) (Brochure)
This brochure outlines how the lawyers, financial counsellors and social workers at the Legal Aid NSW Domestic Violence Unit (DVU) can support you.
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Mental Health* |
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Have you been involuntarily admitted to a hospital? (Pamphlet)
Find out your rights and where to get help if you have been involuntarily admitted to hospital under the Mental Health Act 2007.
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