assess risk

A single mother of infant twins aged about 4 months observed lesions on the faces of the twins and she took the children to a doctor.  The lesions did not heal while the children were in...

The judge found that an assessment of risk comprises two elements – the first requires prediction of the likelihood of occurrence of harmful events, and the second requires consideration of the severity of impact caused by those events.  ...Read More

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...

A mother who had lived with the father in England appealed against an order requiring her to return to England with her two young children.  The mother reported that she had been subjected to verbal and...

The case involved an appeal by a mother that a decision by a trial judge concerning an assessment of unacceptable risk of harm to a child from the father’s substance use was flawed. A child aged...

A father pleaded guilty to assaulting the mother.  The mother later withheld the child from the father and applied for an order that the father have access to the child only under supervision by members of...

The case involved an appeal by a mother of a 6 year old girl against a ruling by a trial judge who found that the risk of sexual abuse did not pass the test of an...