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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...

Four children were involved, born of two fathers.  The applicant was father of the youngest child aged 10 years, and he had acted as a father-figure for all four children for 7 years when the couple...

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...

There were interim consent orders for the child to live with the father and spend time with the mother.  Reports from the District Court showed that the mother’s new partner and fiancé had been convicted of multiple counts...

A father of children aged 9 and 11 years applied for the children to live with him.  The father gave evidence that the mother and her new partner had smoked cannabis from a bong, that the...