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The Building Units and Group Titles and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2022 (“2022 Act”) was passed by the Queensland Parliament on 8 November 2022 and takes effect today. In this video, OMB Solicitors  Senior Associate  Elisha Quigg explains the key changes that you need to know about. The post Long Awaited Reforms to the Building Units and Group Titles Act (“BUGTA”) appeared first on OMB Solicitors . source https://www.omb.com.au/long-awaited-reforms-to-the-building-units-and-group-titles-act-bugta/

1. The world will not end if the children do not see both parents on Christmas Day. It may be best to allow the children to spend Christmas Day with one parent and Boxing Day with the other, allowing the children to enjoy time with both sides of the family without feeling rushed. This is particularly important if seeing both parents would cause the children to spend a significant amount of time travelling between households. A common solution is to alternate the year in which the child spends Christmas or Christmas Eve with each parent. Remember that Christmas is for the children first and foremost, so put your personal feelings, opinions and wants to the side and make arrangements that benefit your children primarily.   2. Changeover should be stress free – do not fight in front of the children. Exposure to conflict has lasting effects on children and can damage the relationship between a child and their parent. If you believe that it likely that the other parent will becom...

Within a Community Title Scheme (yes, I am referring to your “ body corporate “) this is a very common statement that we hear often from people – “But I don’t use it, so why should I have to pay for it?”.  Some recent examples of this statement are: I don’t use the swimming pool – why do I need to pay for it to be heated? My windows are on the ground floor and I clean them myself – why do I need to pay for all the other windows being cleaned? I don’t wash my car on the common property – can’t the Body Corporate charge the users of the common property water in the car washing bay? Looking at that last example, as one of our very astute readers recently commented, not all owners will wash their vehicles and some owners will wash their cars more than others (some owners or occupiers may not even have a car to wash!). So – with the unfortunate volunteer committee members again having to be the “fun police” – how does a Committee deal with these types of questions? The scope of ...