LAWS3457 Study Guide - Final Guide: Determinative, Lex Fori, Lex Domicilii
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Reparation commission: amendments 1976 to marriage act 1961 (cth) and family law act. 1975 (cth) repealed when the domicile act 1982 (cth) came into force but continue to operate pre-1982 > between the years 1976 -1982: s 5 of the marriage act 1961 (cth) and s 4(3) of the family law. Act 1975 : retrospectively abolished doctrine of revival of doo, retrospectively abolished domicile of dependence for women, changed the age of capacity to acquire a doc from. 21 to persons who are 18 or over or who are / have been married. 3: s 5(1) status of children retrospectively (s 4 and whether or not parents domiciled in nsw) abolishes difference between nuptial and ex nuptial = father. It is the relation which the law creates between an individual and a particular locality or country. lord westbury bell v kennedy (1868) a permanent legal home (whicker v hume)
