Aboriginal

  • Carden & Hilliard and ANOR 2014 FamCA 438

    by - Oct 23, 2015
    Children aged 9 and 7 years who were of Aboriginal and South Sea Islander heritage lived with their mother.  Both the paternal grandmother and her late husband had extensive involvement in the Indigenous and South Sea...
  • Hurst & Gersten 2014 FamCA 117

    by - Oct 24, 2015
    Following the death of the mother in a car accident, the father and maternal grandmother disputed who a child aged 8 years should live with.  The child had Aboriginal heritage arising from the maternal grandfather. The...
  • Hort & Verran 2009 FamCAFC 214

    by - Aug 7, 2015
    A paternal grandmother commenced proceedings that resulted in a judge ordering two children aged 9 and 7 years to live with the paternal grandmother and to spend time with the mother.  The grandmother was delegated sole parental responsibility...
  • Pavel & Pavel 2011 FamCA 1066

    by - Mar 3, 2015
    The couple had two sons aged 10 and 8 years.  Evidence from a treating psychologist was submitted despite objections from the father. The judge ruled that evidence from a treating psychologist was admissible but that the...
  • Davis & Spring 2007 FamCA 1149

    by - Feb 24, 2015
    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...
  • Donnell & Dovey 2010 FamCAFC 15

    by - Feb 24, 2015
    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...
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