Family Law

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e of the marriage one of the parties (usually the wife) may be under the marriageable age as it is acceptable, and marriages to certain relatives are encouraged. In 1997 the Australian Law Reform Commission decided that it was inappropriate to force the legal requirements of a marriage ceremony but rather recommended 'functional' recognition of customary marriages. Therefore the parties to the customary marriage are regarded as couples in a de facto relationship for the purpose of recognising the status of children, social security, adoption, taxation, inheritance and accident compensation. If the ATSI and customary married couples want to be legally married, they have to marry according to the legally requirements of the law. But is it moral and ethical right to make a system in a country, which is so culturally diverse to have a legal system based around white Anglo-Saxon Christian beliefs and values. The legal system should consider the cultural diversity of the country rather than the white Anglo-Saxon Christian, which dominates it. I...