In a detailed interview outlining her vision for the future of Australia, One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has said that if given the opportunity to lead the country, all Australian couples would be forced to enter into a prenuptial agreement prior to marrying.
“Family law is high on my agenda,” the Queensland senator told the Sunday Mail. “It needs court-approved premarital agreements on finance and parental issues.”
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I wonder if Hanson thinks a useful pre-nup would be: if you are violent towards me or our children, (physically or emotionally), you lose any rights to custody in a divorce.
Presumably the pre-nup would also include actions to be taken if you put forward a false accusation of domestic violence or false accusations of child abuse?
The Family Law system is bogged down mostly by child custody issues, which could definitely be worked out better and faster by family counsellors and mediators outside the court system, rather than by greedy, over-priced lawyers who worsen the impact and pressure on families during separation. Lawyers should only be involved to give initial legal advice at the beginning and to draw the paperwork up at the end. Pauline's pre-nups wouldn't make a dent in this because families' needs change, couples and individuals change. People are allowed to evolve as individuals and change their minds about what they view as important. Expecting couples to know what parenting issues will be important to them in future, before they even have kids, is unrealistic, simplistic and short-sighted. But the Family Court system definitely isn't working so this renewed political spotlight is still welcome nevertheless.