adult disputes

  • Narkis & Narkis 2014 FamCA 113

    by - Oct 24, 2015
    A child aged 11 years was described by the mother as intelligent and strong-willed (temperament). The judge noted that the child had been put in a position where the child determined what she will do with her father, and...
  • Seiler & Vogler 2014 FamCA 395

    by - Oct 24, 2015
    Children aged 11 and 8 years were reluctant to spend time with their mother, and the mother stated her strong belief that this occurred because the father did not support her relationship with the children, whereas the father counter-complained that...
  • Miller & Harrington 2008 FamCAFC 150

    by - Jul 17, 2015
    There was an order for two children aged 14 and 11 years to live with their father and have supervised contact with their mother.  The mother applied to change orders so that the children live with...
  • Thornton & Thornton 2015 FamCA 92

    by - Jun 29, 2015
      A mother alleged that two girls aged 3 and 6 years had been subjected to sexual abuse by their father. The mother submitted 169 items of information to support her concerns. The judge found that,...
  • Kardos & Coutts 2014 FamCA 1985

    by - Apr 20, 2015
    The case involved a child aged 9 years who had been on a shared care arrangement for four years.  The mother was aged 18 years when the child was born, and the father left her to...
  • Potter & Ross 2015 FamCA 26

    by - Mar 19, 2015
    Parents had disputed custody of their child aged 10 years over 8 years, with 4 family reports having been obtained.  Both parents alleged that the child was at risk of harm while in the care of the...
  • Fargo & Lark 2011 FamCA 238

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    The case involved a boy aged nearly 12 years who had lived in a shared care arrangement between both parents.  The parents had prolonged arguments before court about the boy since he was aged 6 months...
  • Finiotis & Finiotis 2010 FMCAfam 1

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    A couple separated and had a son aged 7 years at the time of the hearing.  The mother re-partnered. The child lived with the mother and spent time with the father.  The father requested sole parental...
  • Jollie & Dysart 2014 FamCAFC 149

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    A 12 year old boy had lived with his mother for 18 months and then was ordered to live with his father and to spend time with his mother.  The mother appealed saying that the judge...
  • SS & AH 2010 FamCAFC 13

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    The case involved an appeal by a mother against orders made by a trial judge.  The couple separated after being together for 7 years and having two children.  In 2000 a judge ordered that the children...
  • Jordan & Jordan 2010 FamCA 323

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    A couple had two children aged 7 and 5 years who had lived with the mother.  The mother had declined to facilitate contact with the father because of the father’s history of family violence including verbal...
  • Selkin & Artliff-Selkin 2013 FamCAFC 19

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    A couple had an order for shared care. The mother then applied to relocate with three children aged 10, 8 and 5 years to a town 78km away. The trial judge allowed the relocation. The father...
  • Thomas & Watson 2013 FamCAFC 8

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    A couple had two children aged 13 and 7 years.  An initial order for shared care granted 9 days to the mother and 5 days to the father.  The mother applied for the order to be...
  • Moysey & Sutton 2014 FCCA 90

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    A father of two daughters aged 12 and 8 years informed his daughters that their mother was mean, and that he missed his daughters and cried every night and morning, and that he had no money...
  • Claringbold & James 2011 FamCA 211

    by - Mar 3, 2015
    The case involved a girl aged 12 years whose parents had engaged in legal disputes for most of her life.  The girl lived with her father.  The mother asked the judge to change a final order...
  • Government Policies

    by - Nov 7, 2014
    COAG – Levels of Parenting The Council of Australian Governments COAG considered child protection matters in 2009 after state governments expressed concern about the increasing numbers of children being removed from the care of their birth...
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