grandmother

  • Gerasimov & Zlotnik 2015 FamCA 646

    by - Oct 23, 2015
    A maternal grandmother had cared for a child aged 3 years since birth as the mother and father were unable to care for the child full-time due to their work commitments.  The child was securely attached to the grandmother. The maternal...
  • Carden & Hilliard and ANOR 2014 FamCA 438

    by - Oct 23, 2015
    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...
  • Stonelake & Verboom and Anor 2014 FamCA 434

    by - Oct 23, 2015
    The mother was estimated to have a mild-moderate intellectual disability, and received a disability pension.  The judge found that the mother did not have the parenting capacity to care for the child without assistance that was provided by...
  • Kesterton & Bass and Ors 2014 FamCA 397

    by - Oct 23, 2015
    A mother aged 20 years who experienced mental health and drug issues applied for clarification of the requirements of a supervision order for a child aged 3 years.  The child had lived with his maternal grandfather since the...
  • Benton & Benton 2014 FamCA 251

    by - Oct 24, 2015
    A mother held a genuine strong belief that the father had sexually abused his stepdaughter (the mother’s daughter) when aged 13 years, but the father had been found not guilty in criminal proceedings.   The father had two children aged 7 and...
  • Winters & Winters 2014 FamCA 216

    by - Oct 24, 2015
    The case involved two children, one aged 4 years who lived with the father, and the second aged 18 months who lived with the mother and maternal grandmother.  The judge found that the mother’s environment posed a...
  • O’Boyle & Salt 2014 FamCA 132

    by - Oct 24, 2015
    Four boys aged 14, 12, 11 and 7 years had lived with the father for two years following separation.  The youngest child had moved to live with the mother for eight months while the three older children continued to...
  • Hurst & Gersten 2014 FamCA 117

    by - Oct 24, 2015
    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...
  • Ibbott & Chaconas 2014 FamCA 73

    by - Oct 24, 2015
    A judge gave little weight to evidence provided by one grandparent as the grandfather simply adopted the grandmother’s evidence.  ...Read More
  • Kelly & Landridge 2012 FMCAfam 374

    by - Aug 7, 2015
    The mother of two children aged 6 and 2 years passed away following a car accident.  While both children had lived with the husband for several years he was the biological parent of only the younger child. ...
  • Lawson & Hill 2013 FMCAfam 159

    by - Aug 7, 2015
    The case involved a 2 year old child whose parents were described as showing enormous suspicion, animosity and distrust towards each other.  The mother alleged mental illness in the father and the father doubted that the...
  • Danes & Danes and Anor 2013 FMCAfam 281

    by - Aug 7, 2015
    A maternal grandmother applied that children aged 3 and 5 years live with her and that she share in parental responsibility along with the parents (grandparent).  The grandmother had been significantly involved with both children since...
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