Marriage fallout I'm currently a year 11 student in QLD and I just want to ask a few questions regarding my stay here in Australia. I'm a high achieving student and is currently on a scholarship in my high school. I got accepted for early entry in a big university for next year as well. My mum, sister and I arrived in Australia April of 2011 because my mum will get married to an Australian on May of the same year. We got our visa application lodged in June and got our temporary residency in February of this year. My sister and I are dependent to my mum's marriage visa. However, as of the moment my mum and my stepdad's marriage is on the rocks. They are fighting over some silly things and we're planning to move out of the house. My stepdad had physically hurt my mum for a couple of times and we have pictures and medical records to prove it. The thing is I don't want to go back to my home country. I fell in love with Australia the moment I got here and I can see a great future ahead of me here education and career-wise. My questions are.. 1) Will the pictures and medical records help us still become permanent residents even if the marriage failed? 2) If not, is there a way for me to still stay here in Australia and study and hopefully become a permanent resident in the future? I'm sorry