infant

  • Shill & Covel 2015 FamCA 667

    by - Oct 23, 2015
    A father applied to extend his time with an infant.  An expert recommended an access plan where the father’s time with the infant increased in a graduated approach. The judge ordered a graduated approach where the infant spend 3.5 hours per...
  • 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...
  • Darwish & Darwish 2014 FamCA 290

    by - Oct 24, 2015
    A family consultant recommended that an infant’s time with his father should follow a graduated approach, starting at two occasions with the father during the week. It should then be moved to one overnight stay and then into two...
  • Kapa and Anor & Sinoti and Anor 2014 FamCA 87

    by - Oct 24, 2015
    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...
  • Olgun & Neilson and Anor 2014 FamCA 25

    by - Aug 7, 2015
    The case involved a non-parent who applied for care of four children aged 1 to 6 years as the children had lived with her for 6-9 months.  The applicant was a friend of the mother.  Both parents reclaimed...
  • Randall & Adams 2013 FMCAfam 5

    by - Aug 7, 2015
    Three children including twins aged 6 years and a 3 year old infant had always lived in the primary care of the mother.  The father worked rostered shift work and he was an untested primary carer....
  • Cannon & Jackson 2015 FamCA 347

    by - Jul 23, 2015
    Children were aged 8 years, 6 years and 18 months.  The children showed a stronger attachment to the mother as illustrated after they had been separated from the mother for a period of ten days. The...
  • KB, DOHS and CR & KR 2008 VChC 5

    by - Apr 1, 2015
    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...
  • Watkins & Rike 2014 FamCA 512

    by - Jun 17, 2015
    A father applied for an infant aged 21 months to spend more time with him and less time with the mother who was the primary carer.  It was agreed that a 21 month old infant spend...
  • De Young & Krebig 2014 FamCA 700

    by - May 20, 2015
    The case involved an infant aged 15 months whose parents separated when the infant was aged 2 weeks, and where the parents lived in different states.  The infant barely recognised the father during the hearing and...
  • Shivas & Darby 2014 FamCA 1149

    by - Apr 22, 2015
    The case involved a mother who was reluctant to acknowledge that her older child was exposed to a sufficiently grave risk that the mother needed to choose between protecting her child and have a continuing relationship...
  • Kennedy & Kennedy 2010 Fam CAFC 195

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    A couple with an infant separated. Overnight stays The father applied to begin overnight stays for one night at a time when the child was aged 2 years and this was supported by a family consultant...
  • DOHS v Mr D & Ms B 2008, VChC 2

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    The case involved parents who lived together with four children: MD aged 6.5 years, AD aged 4 years, ND aged 2.25 years and SD aged 4 months.   All four children had been removed from the parents’...
  • Oscar & Delaware 2012. FAMCA 211.

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    The father had arrived in Australia on a visitor’s visa and sought a visa for permanent residency.  The father had been in relationships with two women (Ms A & Ms D) within a 2 year period and...
  • 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. ...
  • 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...
  • Gladstone & Aitken 2014 FCCA 475

    by - Mar 3, 2015
    Parents separated when the child was 3 weeks old, and the hearing was held while the child was an infant.  The mother asserted that she had no support network in the city and applied to relocate...
  • McAllister & Day. 2012. FMCAfam 863

    by - Mar 2, 2015
    A couple lived together for a short time and had a son aged 18 months when the case went to court.  The mother had a second child aged 6 years from a previous relationship. The mother...
  • DOHS v Ms B & Mr G 2008 VChC 1

    by - Mar 2, 2015
    A couple had 4 children, KB aged 7 years, TG aged 3 years and twins WB and JB aged 9 months.  The mother had two older children who were on child protection orders and who lived...
  • 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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