Use IRAC to answer the following case scenario. Ifyou are unsure about IRAC please refer to your 100-level material.
Pleasenote that this is a group assessment of three (3) students. Individual submissions will not beacceptable.
Scenario
John and Louise met in 2020 in Australia. John wasfrom Vanuatu and Louise from Fiji and they worked in Victoria, Australia aspart of the PALM scheme. Australia announced the ‘Road to Permanent Residency’for workers so they both applied because they had moved in together in 2021 andnot long after that, Louise fell pregnant, so they felt it was better that theyraised their son in Australia. Their son was born in December 2021, andalthough they applied for his Vanuatu citizenship, Louise had yet to get aroundto doing the same for Fiji. John and Louise were not married.
When their application for PR was unsuccessful,they decided to move to Vanuatu in January 2023. After a few months Louisedecided, that she did not want to continue the relationship and wanted toreturn to Fiji with their son and that she would file for custody and child andspousal maintenance. John resisted andstated that he was going to apply for full custody of their son and oppose herapplication in the Vanuatu court.
Question
UseIRACand advise Louise what her legal options are for:
1.Custody
2.Child Maintenance
3.SpousalMaintenance
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