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Across
  1. 3. a person from whom someone is descended, on either parent’s side, such as a parent, grandparent or great-grandparent
  2. 6. to declare legally void or invalid
  3. 7. the legal termination of a marriage by an official court decision
  4. 10. a relationship where the partners act as a married couple but are not legally married
  5. 11. to fail to obey
  6. 12. a final divorce certificate that is proof of the dissolution of marriage
  7. 13. a parent who nominates their child for adoption
  8. 14. the legal process of transferring parental rights and responsibilities from the biological parents to the adoptive parents
  9. 16. a final decree of the dissolution of marriage
  10. 19. a person who by genetics or adoption follows the family line of another, such as a child, grandchild or great-grandchild
  11. 21. a family that is created when a parent remarries; it includes a stepmother or stepfather and stepchildren
  12. 23. a specific type of Apprehended Violence Order issued under
  13. 24. 4 of the Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 (NSW) when the perpetrator of violence is a family member
  14. 25. a Latin term meaning ‘outside marriage’; an ex-nuptial child is a child born to parents who are not married
  15. 26. involves an agreement between a commissioning couple and a woman, where the woman agrees to bear a child for the commissioning couple and then give the child to the couple when the child is born.
Down
  1. 1. a declaration by a court that a supposed marriage is void
  2. 2. any act, whether verbal or physical, of a violent or abusive nature that takes place within a domestic relationship
  3. 4. (violence) the person applying for protection through an Apprehended Violence Order
  4. 5. having more than one wife or husband at the same time
  5. 7. a Family Court order that is made to signal the intended termination of a marriage
  6. 8. a person who is authorised to perform a civil or religious marriage ceremony
  7. 9. the giving up of a state’s legislative powers in a certain area to the Commonwealth by passing an Act
  8. 15. the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017 (Cth) defines this as ‘the union of two people to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life’
  9. 17. a family that includes individuals related through marriage or parentage and not limited to one couple and their children
  10. 18. a monetary payment made to a person to make amends for any loss, injury or damage to property they have suffered
  11. 20. a criminal offence involving the infliction of physical force or the threat of physical force
  12. 22. (violence) the person subjected to an Apprehended Violence Order