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