cannabis
Hester & West 2014 FamCA 78
Aug 7, 2015A 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...Talbot & Wayans 2013 FMCAfam 84
Aug 7, 2015A father with epilepsy had no contact with a child aged 7 years for 3 years and applied to recommence visits in a contact centre. The mother objected on the grounds that when the father had seizures...Cannon & Jackson 2015 FamCA 347
Jul 23, 2015Children were aged 8 years, 6 years and 18 months. The children showed a stronger attachment to the mother as illustrated after they had been separated from the mother for a period of ten days. The...Hadley & Schrader and Ors 2014 FamCA 550
May 27, 2015The mother began an intimate relationship with her first partner when aged 16 years producing her first child (young parent). When the relationship ended both parents were teenagers and both returned to live with their own...Joelson & Joelson 2014 FamCA 788
May 13, 2015Separated parents had children aged 13 and 10 years. The father had a history of an episode of major depression and of suicidal tendencies. The father had made threats to the mother and children and the...Garner & Hunt 2014 FamCA 1018
Apr 8, 2015The 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...DOHS v Mr D & Ms W 2009 VChC 1
Mar 4, 2015The case involved separated parents with three children: LD aged 5yr 9mo, WDW aged 2yr 9mon and KD aged 1yr 6months. The parents separated and lived for a period in different states, with the father visiting...Smedley & Snowden 2014 FCCA 762
Mar 4, 2015Evidence 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...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...Horan & Beckett 2010 FamCAFC 200
Mar 4, 2015Both parents requested reviews of an interim order. A child aged 4.5 years had lived with his father for four years after the mother left the family. A judicial officer issued an interim order for the...Akston & Boyle 2010 FamCAFC 56
Mar 4, 2015The case involved an appeal by a mother that a decision by a trial judge concerning an assessment of unacceptable risk of harm to a child from the father’s substance use was flawed. A child aged...Pullman & Pullman 2012. FamCA 980
Mar 4, 2015A couple separated having 2 children aged 11 and 10 years. The parents agreed their children had observed one physical altercation when police were called. The children initially spent time with the father while living with the mother. ...Jordan & Jordan 2010 FamCA 323
Mar 4, 2015A couple had two children aged 7 and 5 years who had lived with the mother. The mother had declined to facilitate contact with the father because of the father’s history of family violence including verbal...W & S 2008 FCWA 39
Mar 4, 2015The mother of a 3 year old had commenced a relationship with a new partner (re-partnered). The father asked for an order to prevent their daughter from coming into contact with the mother’s new partner. The...Friscioni & Friscioni 2010 FamCAFC 108
Mar 3, 2015A father appealed against a decision by a judge allowing a mother to relocate to another country taking an 11 year old child. Evidence was presented including by the family consultant that the father consumed both...
