Insights

Writing on family violence and coercive control, property settlements, parenting arrangements and surrogacy, alongside published work, media coverage and commentary elsewhere.

THOUGHTS

Monica writes about family law as it actually works, what’s changed, what hasn't, and what it means for the person in the middle of it.

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Identifying Risk Is Only the Beginning: Lessons from the UK’s Family Courts

At the National Family Law Conference, Sir Andrew McFarlane described how England and Wales are changing family courts for parenting disputes. What Australia could learn.

Where Monica has been asked to comment on family law by journalists and legal publications.

Articles

On the frontline of coercive control.

Coercive control is an insidious form of family violence. Lawyers can play a pivotal role in spotting the danger signs and steering victims towards safety

Monica Blizzard shares her thoughts with Karin Derkley in this Law Institute Victoria article.

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Money secrets your partner is most likely to keep.

At what point would a partner’s hidden spending turn from an innocent splurge into a betrayal of trust? New research suggests more than a quarter of Australians in a relationship have quietly racked up debt, opened a bank account, or gambled money behind their significant other’s back.

Monica Blizzard shares her thoughts with Jessica Penny in this AFR article.