AVO
Collins & Ricardo and Anor 2014 FamCA 786
May 18, 2015The mother applied for an AVO against the father, stating that she was afraid of the father and this was the reason for her to contravene an order. The father objected to the AVO saying that the...Pollock & Breen-Pollock No 3. 2014 FamCA 1026
Apr 13, 2015The case involved allegations that the father had participated in sexual abuse with children aged 7 and 6 years at the time of the hearing. The parents separated after the mother expressed concern about the way the...Jordan & Callaghan and Ors 2012. FamCA 147
Mar 4, 2015The case involved two boys, C aged 8 and T aged 4 years. Ms J was the mother of both boys, from different fathers Mr T and Mr C. The boys lived with their maternal grandparents ...Vance & Carlyle 2014 FamCA 651
Mar 4, 2015Parents separated when the child was aged 9 months. The child lived with the mother and did not see the father for the next year, and then commenced fortnightly visits at a contact centre. The child...Nimmo & Silva 2014 FCCA 160
Mar 4, 2015Parents 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...Marcic & Tait. 2012. FMCAFam 191.
Mar 4, 2015A couple had lived together for 13 years before separating and had 2 children aged 12 and 9 years. They had been litigating for 4 years and disputed a range of topics including which school one...Beck & ANOR & Beck & ANOR 2013 FCCA 72
Mar 3, 2015Evidence was given that the father of a 6 year old had a psychotic condition of schizoaffective disorder and had exhibited family violence. The father’s own family had taken out apprehension of violence orders (AVO) against...Degraves & Searle 2013 FCCA 660
Mar 2, 2015A separated couple attended post-separation courses, and contact by the father was supervised by an agency (supervision by agency). The mother reported to the family law court that she had received two phone calls from a...McAllister & Day. 2012. FMCAfam 863
Mar 2, 2015A 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...
Legislation
Nov 7, 2014Legislation 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...
