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  • Gillard & Gillard 2015 FamCAFC 169

    by - Oct 23, 2015
    Parents had separated 7 years earlier.  A trial judge found that the father of children aged 12 and 10 years had engaged in a pattern of emotionally abusive behaviour that undermined the children’s relationships with their mother, and...
  • Hunter & Morrison (contravention) 2014 FamCA 198

    by - Oct 24, 2015
    A father withheld children from contact with the mother on 3 occasions, citing reasonable excuses.   The mother alleged the contraventions were serious and posed a physical and emotional risk to the children by virtue of the contraventions precipitating...
  • Beman & Sassi 2014 FamCA 186

    by - Oct 24, 2015
    The case involved children who were at different developmental stages, being aged nearly 4 years and 9 years.  Little difference was found in the parenting capacity of each of the parents. The family consultant opined that the fact that one...
  • 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...
  • Lawrence & Dehn 2015 FamCA 475

    by - Jul 24, 2015
    Children aged 15 years and 13 years had lived with their father and spent time with the father after the parents separated.  The mother then developed a dependence on the drug methamphetamine and associated with criminals...
  • Blake & Torino and ANOR 2015 FamCA 512

    by - Jul 21, 2015
    The case involved three children, one aged 14 and twins aged 12 years.  The oldest child had brought a knife to a handover and threatened to kill the father with the knife, saying that the father...
  • Wolter & Wolter 2014 FamCA 485

    by - Jun 3, 2015
    A father submitted that the mother had contravened orders on 23 occasions.  The mother submitted that the father had made three contraventions of orders. Contraventions cited by the father included that the mother had not responded...
  • Gilliard & Gilliard 2015 FamCA 18

    by - Mar 17, 2015
    The case involved siblings who were separated, as one child aged 12 years initially lived with the father while twins aged 9 years lived with the mother (sibling separation). An expert reported that the father exhibited...
  • 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...
  • Materanzi & Suskain 2014 FamCA 454

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    A child aged 10 years at the final hearing had lived in a shared care arrangement with both parents, then lived with her father and spent time with her mother and sisters. The mother had persistently...
  • Deacon & Castle 2013 FCCA 691.

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    A couple cohabited for about ten years before separating, had two daughters aged 11 and 9 years at the time of the hearing, and had engaged in legal proceedings for 5 years after separation.  The father...
  • Jets & Maker 2010 FamCAFC 55

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    A 2 year old boy lived with his mother and spent time with his father.  The father sought an order by complaining that the mother had failed to arrange for the son to be present at a...
  • Pullman & Pullman 2012. FamCA 980

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    A couple separated having 2 children aged 11 and 10 years.  The parents agreed their children had observed one physical altercation when police were called.  The children initially spent time with the father while living with the mother. ...
  • Dundas & Blake 2013 FamCAFC 133

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    A child lived with its parents until they separated when the child was aged 15 months, and then lived in an approximately equal time shared care arrangement until the child was aged 2 years 10 months,...
  • Irish & Michelle 2009 FamCA 66

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    Parents of children aged 9 and 7 years lived interstate after their separation.  The mother was the primary carer.  The end of the relationship was traumatic for the mother, and the mother’s distress was evident to...
  • Farmer & Rogers 2010 FamCAFC 253

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    The case involved an appeal against the procedure followed by a judge. The couple had a daughter who was aged about one year when the case was heard, who lived with the mother.   The couple had...
  • Professional Standards

    by - Nov 7, 2014
    Shared Time for Infants A policy document by the Australian Association for Infant Mental Health Inc. provides guidelines for the following situations: overnight stays for infants under 2 years away from a primary caregivers can create...
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