Child Protection Department
Watson & Burton 2015 FamCA 549
Oct 24, 2015The mother of children aged 10 and 7 years was in her third long term relationship. The first relationship commenced when she was aged 18 years and produced 3 children. The second relationship commenced when the mother was...Gaile & Talton 2015 FamCA 580
Oct 23, 2015A maternal great aunt and uncle applied for final parenting orders. Evidence was given that the child protection department had expressed concerns about a range of topics related to the mother including her alleged drug addictions, criminal behaviour, verbal and...Bentleigh & Murdoch 2015 FamCA 671
Oct 23, 2015An assessment by a family consultant raised serious questions about the parenting capacity of both parents of children aged 6 and 7 years. The consultant recommended that the child protection department be invited to intervene if concerns were...Jarrah & Neason and Anor 2014 FamCA 239
Oct 24, 2015The case involved five children who had been placed on the Magellan list due to allegations of sexual abuse and family violence. The father had a considerable criminal record and had a demonstrated predilection towards having sexual relationships...Jacobs & Kirby and Anor 2014 FamCA 231
Oct 24, 2015The case involved a father who had a history of erratic supervised visits (contact limited involvement). The child had been referred to the child protection Department. The ICL submitted that it was difficult to conclude that...Orr & Pinter 2014 FamCA 119
Oct 24, 2015A child aged 5 years was ordered to live with the father and spend time with the mother. The mother’s time with the child had previously been supervised. The father withheld the child on two occasions, claiming...Munroe & Watson and Ors 2014 FamCA 112
Oct 24, 2015Three children were involved born of two fathers. The oldest child lived with its father and the two younger children had been removed from the mother at birth. An issue was whether the maternal grandparents were...Daher & Saliba and Anor 2014 FamCA 392
Oct 24, 2015The mother was aged 15 years when she married, with the marriage being registered three year later (young parent). After the parents separated, three children aged 17, 14 and 7 years had lived with the father but...Olgun & Neilson and Anor 2014 FamCA 25
Aug 7, 2015The case involved a non-parent who applied for care of four children aged 1 to 6 years as the children had lived with her for 6-9 months. The applicant was a friend of the mother. Both parents reclaimed...Danes & Danes and Anor 2013 FMCAfam 281
Aug 7, 2015A maternal grandmother applied that children aged 3 and 5 years live with her and that she share in parental responsibility along with the parents (grandparent). The grandmother had been significantly involved with both children since...Lackey & Mae 2013 FMCAfam 284
Jul 24, 2015Parents of four children aged between 14 and 5 years had been in high conflict for some years. The judge found that the father and paternal family had made 34 allegations to the child protection department...WGOC & GH 2015 FamCA 356
Jul 24, 2015Children were X aged 16 years who had Downs Syndrome (child’s disorder) and Y aged 15 years. Most recent orders had required the children to live with their father and to spend time with their mother. ...Fairburn & Godfrey 2015 FamCA 404
Jul 22, 2015The case involved a child aged 13 years. The parents were unable to communicate due to a history of family violence, and both parents had a history of significant alcohol abuse that impaired their parenting capacity....Blake & Torino and ANOR 2015 FamCA 512
Jul 21, 2015The case involved three children, one aged 14 and twins aged 12 years. The oldest child had brought a knife to a handover and threatened to kill the father with the knife, saying that the father...Langmeil & Grange 2015 FamCA 225
Aug 12, 2015The mother applied to commence further proceedings, but had been restrained from filing further applications to reverse orders except with leave of a judge. The mother’s affidavit alleged child abuse by the father and domestic violence...Edgar & Inglis and ANOR 2015 FamCA 228
Aug 3, 2015The child was aged 6 years at the time of the hearing, and had been previously cared for by the mother, father and paternal grandmother. The mother was aged 16 years when the child was born,...Edlund & Edlund 2014 FamCA 656
Jun 8, 2015Parents disputed a parenting plan for a 3 year old child. The judge did not allow the father to submit his evidence comprising 1192 pages but requested a summary of 10,000 words. The mother reported observing...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 ...DOHS v Mr D & Ms B 2008, VChC 2
Mar 4, 2015The case involved parents who lived together with four children: MD aged 6.5 years, AD aged 4 years, ND aged 2.25 years and SD aged 4 months. All four children had been removed from the parents’...DOHS v Mr & Mrs B 2007 VChC 1
Mar 4, 2015Three children aged 7 years, 5 years and 4 years had been removed from the care of both parents on a short term custody order. Both parents participated in polysubstance abuse and had other shortcomings. The...Minister for Families and Communities v R and A and ORS 2008. SASC 128.
Mar 4, 2015The child protection Department appealed a ruling by a trial judge to grant a further 12 month order when the Department had applied for the child aged 10 years to be placed in the Guardianship of...Secretary of Department of Health & Human Services and Ray & Ors 2010 FamCAFC 258
Mar 4, 2015The case involved an appeal against a decision by a trial judge in a Federal Circuit Court. Allegations of sexual abuse were made about one child, and it was alleged that the mother had substance abuse...
