reluctant to contact

  • Flacks & Chatburn 2014 FamCA 428

    by - Oct 23, 2015
    For three years after separation, children aged 15, 12 and 10 years had at the mother’s insistence spent time with the father only at the mother’s house.  The mother then severed all of the children’s interaction with...
  • Barzetti and Ors & Barzetti 2014 FamCA 233

    by - Oct 24, 2015
    Paternal grandparents applied for orders to spend time with the parties’ younger children who were twin boys aged 8 years.  Six months after the paternal grandparents had commenced spending regular time with the children, the father applied also to spend time...
  • Jevons & Jevons 2014 FamCA 220

    by - Oct 24, 2015
    Dispute involved three children aged 17, 16 and 13 years.  Two older girls lived with the mother and the younger child had lived with the father for about a year.  The judge found that the father was...
  • Miller & Harrington 2008 FamCAFC 150

    by - Jul 17, 2015
    There was an order for two children aged 14 and 11 years to live with their father and have supervised contact with their mother.  The mother applied to change orders so that the children live with...
  • CHEEVER & BARRIE 2012. FMCA FAM 869

    by - May 26, 2015
    A separated couple had 2 children aged 10 and 12 years. The children had been exposed to 5 years of bitter dispute between the parents. The mother alleged the father had a mental health condition that...
  • Garner & Hunt 2014 FamCA 1018

    by - Apr 8, 2015
    The case involved a child aged 13 years whose parents had separated when she was aged 8 years, where the parents engaged in ongoing conflict (high conflict couple).  Final orders had been made for the child...
  • Ana & Ana 2013 FamCA 371

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    A boy aged 7 years had lived with his mother with no contact with the father for 2 years.  The mother had been diagnosed with PTSD and depression and evidence was presented that the mother could...
  • Rio & McGrath 2013 FCCA

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    Two children aged 11 years and 9 years 10 months lived with their mother.  The father had no phone contact with the children for a year before the hearing (contact limited involvement), and declined to participate in...
  • Cambridge & Walter 2010 FCWA 30

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    A father applied for unsupervised access of his two children who were a daughter aged 12 years and a son aged 9 years following several years when access had been supervised due to an unsubstantiated allegation...
  • 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...
  • Prantage & Prantage 2010 FamCA 1198

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    The children in the case were aged 11 and 8 years when the case concluded.  The family lived together until an incident occurred.  In the following year the children were reported to be very disturbed and...
  • Bartel & Schmucker No 3. 2012 FamCA 1094

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    Parents had 3 children aged between 9 and 13 years.  Both parents had health worker qualifications.  There had been conflict before the court for 6 years with 3 final orders having been issued over time.  Each...
  • Charter & Charter 2013 FCCA 1000

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    Parents disputed arrangements for three children aged 11, 7 and 6 years.  The mother gave evidence that the father had not attended for 46 of 50 arranged visits (parental attitude).  The father noted that his own...
  • Smedley & Snowden 2014 FCCA 762

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    Evidence was presented that the mother of a 9 year old boy had a long standing schizoaffective disorder following a post-partum psychosis, where the condition was managed by medication provided by a multi-disciplinary team, and that...
  • Carlton & Larry 2014 FCCA 94

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    The case involved a child aged 7 years who was reluctant to visit her father (reluctant to contact).  A child protection service had assessed the family and found no current concerns about child protection although there...
  • Yates & Yates 2010 FamCA 775

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    The case involved a couple who were together in a happy relationship for 18 years, with a daughter born two years into the marriage.   The wife subsequently became pregnant with twins, with one twin dying in...
  • Nimmo & Silva 2014 FCCA 160

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    Parents disputed arrangements for a 10 year girl who had lived with her mother and who objected to spending time with her father (reluctant to contact).  Evidence was presented that there was a history of family...
  • Paco & Racina and ANOR 2014 FamCAFC 195

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    A trial judge renewed orders that had previously granted unqualified sole parental responsibility to the mother by adding two conditions: first that two children participate in therapy to facilitate the children spending time with their paternal...
  • Gingham & Gingham 2013 FamCAFC 30

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    The case involved a mother who appealed after her son decided not to spend time with the mother (reluctant to contact).  The mother had cared for the boy for his first 10 years, and an expert...
  • SS & AH 2010 FamCAFC 13

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    The case involved an appeal by a mother against orders made by a trial judge.  The couple separated after being together for 7 years and having two children.  In 2000 a judge ordered that the children...
  • Vidler & Vidler 2013 FCCA 1176

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    The case involved two children aged 15 and 13 years who had lived primarily with their mother following the separation of the parents.  The judge found that the older child expressed a strong and clear view...
  • Cannon & Acres 2014 FamCA 104

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    Parents of a child aged 12 years had engaged in dispute about access for 7 years.  The child then expressed a strong view to several professionals that she no longer wanted contact with her father (child’s wishes)....
  • 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...
  • Chranley & Smart 2012 FamCAFC 87

    by - Mar 3, 2015
    The case involved a 13 year old girl whose parents had been in litigation for 10 years.  An order had been made for joint parental responsibility, with the child living with her mother and spending time...
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