The judge quoted from a ruling by the Full Court in a 1995 case (In the marriage of B and R, FLC 92-636): “It is not just that Aboriginal children should be encouraged to learn about...

Both parents were born in India and they married in India.  The couple met for the first time at their engagement and met again at their wedding.  The marriage was arranged by family members (arranged marriage). ...

A child was aged 8 years when the case was heard.  The mother was Aboriginal and the father was Torres Strait islander.  The parents separated when the child was aged 7 months and the father returned...

The case involved a girl aged 5 years born of Samoan parents.  The girl was promised or gifted to a married relative who did not have children under a cultural practice similar to adoption known as...

A couple with eight children separated when three children were under the age of 18 years.  The mother was a fourth generation member of a church that functioned as a closed community.  The father left both...

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...

Legislation in Australia allows people to apply for three types of intervention that affect family members: a parenting order from a Family Law Court (Family Circuit Court) a child protection order from a Children’s Court an...

COAG – Levels of Parenting The Council of Australian Governments COAG considered child protection matters in 2009 after state governments expressed concern about the increasing numbers of children being removed from the care of their birth...

Complexfamilies summarises information and principles from three sources in Australia. Three sources of legal principles are: legislation passed by a parliament that is binding of a family law court policies adopted by government standards adopted by professional...