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  • Chapman & Timms 2014 FamCA 316

    by - Oct 23, 2015
    A child aged 11 years was emotionally distressed and the parents disputed the reasons for this distress.  The mother reported that the child suffered violent and unpredictable mood changes when he would attack the mother verbally and would become abusive...
  • Cannon & Acres 2014 FamCA 104

    by - Oct 24, 2015
    The case involved a girl aged 12 years whose parents had been in ongoing conflict since they separated when she was aged 5 years (intractable conflict).  The child was described as mature. The judge noted there...
  • Kreuzer & Kreuzer 2013 FMCAfam 223

    by - Aug 7, 2015
    Parents of twins aged two years separated and the mother lived with her own parents and the children lived with the father.  The mother had been detained to a psychiatric hospital following the end of a...
  • Cannon & Jackson 2015 FamCA 347

    by - Jul 23, 2015
    Children 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...
  • Berrington & Farndale 2015 FamCA 183

    by - Jun 23, 2015
      The parents separated before the child was born.  The child who was aged 7 years at the time of the hearing had lived with the mother for six years before a family court issued an...
  • Edgar & Inglis and ANOR 2015 FamCA 228

    by - Aug 3, 2015
    The 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,...
  • CHEEVER & BARRIE 2012. FMCA FAM 869

    by - May 26, 2015
    A separated couple had 2 children aged 10 and 12 years. The children had been exposed to 5 years of bitter dispute between the parents. The mother alleged the father had a mental health condition that...
  • Thornton & Thornton 2015 FamCA 92

    by - Jun 29, 2015
      A mother alleged that two girls aged 3 and 6 years had been subjected to sexual abuse by their father. The mother submitted 169 items of information to support her concerns. The judge found that,...
  • Pollock & Breen-Pollock No 3. 2014 FamCA 1026

    by - Apr 13, 2015
    The 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...
  • Mallory and Alden & Alden 2009 FMCAfam 61

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    Two girls were aged 5 and 6 years.  The girls lived with their mother who had chronic schizophrenia and their grandmother.  The mother had a further child aged 14 years who lived with her father.  The...
  • Grandhouse & Grandhouse 2010 FamCA 921

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    The mother had a history of making allegations against various people, including against the father, with one conviction being recorded.  The parents made counter-allegations of violence and abuse.  A consultant reported that the mother apparently gained...
  • SS & AH 2010 FamCAFC 13

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    The case involved an appeal by a mother against orders made by a trial judge.  The couple separated after being together for 7 years and having two children.  In 2000 a judge ordered that the children...
  • Mellick & Mellick 2014 FamCAFC 236

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    A trial judge granted sole parental responsibility to one parent and the other parent appealed.  The trial judge found that the two parents had not exchanged information and had not cooperated with each other or told...
  • Goode & Goode 2006 FamCA 1346

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    The Appeal Court ruled that when no parenting orders have been issued by a court then parents may exercise their parental responsibility by making either an independent decision or a joint decision.  Once an order has been issued...
  • Sole Parental Responsibility

    by - Feb 18, 2015
    Mellick & Mellick 2014 FamCAFC 236 A trial judge granted sole parental responsibility to one parent and the other parent appealed.  The trial judge found that the two parents had not exchanged information and had not...
  • Professional Standards

    by - Nov 7, 2014
    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

    by - Nov 7, 2014
    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...
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