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  • Biggs & Hurst (Application pursuant to Rice & Asplund) 2014 FamCA 217

    by - Oct 24, 2015
      A trial judge made orders enabling the father to spend time with the children, conditional upon a number of factors including successful completion of a three month residential rehabilitation program and completion of parenting programmes.  The father...
  • Nikolakis & Nikolakis 2010 FamCAFC 52

    by - Aug 7, 2015
    A judge found that a father posed an unacceptable risk of abuse of his four children aged between 14 and 7 years, both emotionally and sexually.  The judge ordered that the children live with the mother...
  • Harrell & Hancock-Harrell No 2, 2015 FamCA 406

    by - Jul 22, 2015
    The case involved a child aged 3 years who lived with the mother and spent time with the father, where the parents had separated a year earlier.  The father alleged that the child was at risk...
  • Landon & Maclin 2015 FamCA 241

    by - Sep 2, 2015
      A child was aged 5 years at the time of the hearing.  When the child was aged 2 years the mother babysat both the child and another child.  When the parent  of the other child...
  • Huffman & Gorman 2015 FamCA 317

    by - Aug 20, 2015
      The case involved three children aged 8, 6 and 4 years.   The father alleged that the mother had over a long period of time before and after their separation threatened him and the children (family violence)....
  • Tamarovic & Gillard 2014 FamCA 532

    by - Jun 15, 2015
    A child aged 9 years with severe developmental delay had lived predominantly with the mother since separation and spent alternate weekends with the father.  The father requested increased contact after he remarried (re-partnered).  The mother then...
  • Newberry & Newberry No 2 2014 FamCA 822

    by - May 6, 2015
    Both parents sought primary residence of three children aged 8, 6 and 5 years.  A previous judge had made orders that the children live primarily with the father and live with the mother on some days....
  • ICL & Rowe and Anor 2014 FamCA 859

    by - May 4, 2015
    A mother considered that children aged 9 and 6 years had been exposed to sexual abuse by the father. The parents agreed on a single expert witness to conduct a family report.  The expert concluded that...
  • Pollock & Breen-Pollock No 3. 2014 FamCA 1026

    by - Apr 13, 2015
    The case involved allegations that the father had participated in sexual abuse with children aged 7 and 6 years at the time of the hearing.  The parents separated after the mother expressed concern about the way the...
  • Stone & Stone and ANOR 2015 FamCA 14

    by - Mar 19, 2015
    Children aged 8 and 6 years lived with their mother after separation.  The mother and maternal grandparents refused to allow the children to spend time with their father despite orders to permit this.  The mother put...
  • Taggart & Felton 2011 FMCAfam 395

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    The father left the mother and later established a new relationship (re-partnered).  The father then applied for his 10 year old daughter to live with him although she would be separated from her two older siblings...
  • Froth & Schneider 2011 FamCA 378

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    The parents separated after 3 years of living together and had a daughter aged 6 years who had been living with her mother. When the child was aged 20 months the mother reported that the daughter...
  • Davidson & Davidson 2010 FamCA 5

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    The couple had twins aged 6 years at the time of the hearings.  The couple separated when the twins were 7 months old, and the twins lived with the mother and spent time with the father. ...
  • Grandhouse & Grandhouse 2010 FamCA 921

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    The mother had a history of making allegations against various people, including against the father, with one conviction being recorded.  The parents made counter-allegations of violence and abuse.  A consultant reported that the mother apparently gained...
  • Akston & Boyle 2010 FamCAFC 56

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    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...
  • Deledio & Deledio. 2012. FMCAfam 646.

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    The parents separated with a child aged 8 years.  The mother left the home with the child and moved to a secret location after alleging domestic violence and alcohol abuse by the father.  The mother was concerned...
  • Krach & Krach 2009 FamCA 507

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    Both parents made reciprocal allegations (mutual accusations) that the other had abused their children aged 8 and 9 years.  The mother alleged that the father sexually abused the children by actions outlined below.  The father alleged...
  • Warhurst & Landy 2014 FamCAFC 201

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    The trial judge ordered that the father have sole parental responsibility for a child, that the child live with the father and visit the mother at the discretion of the father.  The mother appealed the orders....
  • Collu & Rinaldo No 2 2010 FamCA 439

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    The mother had obtained work in an overseas country and had relocated with the young child to that country by consent for 2 years.  The child travelled to see the father each month for two years. ...
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