culture

Children aged 9 and 7 years who were of Aboriginal and South Sea Islander heritage lived with their mother.  Both the paternal grandmother and her late husband had extensive involvement in the Indigenous and South Sea...

Orders were made for a child aged 4 years to live with the father and spend time with the mother.  Two years later the mother applied to reverse the orders so that she became the primary...

The case involved a polygamous marriage that had occurred in an African country and that was recognised as valid in that country and culture. The judge noted that affidavit material had been presented and was not contested. ...

Following the death of the mother in a car accident, the father and maternal grandmother disputed who a child aged 8 years should live with.  The child had Aboriginal heritage arising from the maternal grandfather. The...

The mother was aged 15 years when she married, with the marriage being registered three year later (young parent). After the parents separated, three children aged 17, 14 and 7 years had lived with the father but...

The case involved an infant aged 1 year whose parents were from the Tongan culture.  Before the child’s birth the biological parents had agreed to transfer parental responsibility to the applicants who were non-parents, and this...

A paternal grandmother commenced proceedings that resulted in a judge ordering two children aged 9 and 7 years to live with the paternal grandmother and to spend time with the mother.  The grandmother was delegated sole parental responsibility...

The family included six children under the age of 15 years.  The children did not spend time with their father following incidents of family violence.  Two oldest children lived with the paternal grandfather, and the grandfather...

The parents originated from European cultures and had two children aged 16 and 14 years.  The parenting arrangement for one child had been in place for ten years.  The father submitted changed circumstances and sought more...

The couple had two sons aged 10 and 8 years.  Evidence from a treating psychologist was submitted despite objections from the father. The judge ruled that evidence from a treating psychologist was admissible but that the...

The judge quoted from a ruling by the Full Court in a 1995 case (In the marriage of B and R, FLC 92-636): “It is not just that Aboriginal children should be encouraged to learn about...

The case involved a girl aged 5 years born of Samoan parents.  The girl was promised or gifted to a married relative who did not have children under a cultural practice similar to adoption known as...