disability
Stonelake & Verboom and Anor 2014 FamCA 434
Oct 23, 2015The mother was estimated to have a mild-moderate intellectual disability, and received a disability pension. The judge found that the mother did not have the parenting capacity to care for the child without assistance that was provided by...Palmer & Palmer 2009 FamCAFC 9
Aug 7, 2015A lawyer for a wife applied for a case guardian to be appointed so that a hearing could be re-opened and further evidence presented. The wife had suffered a stroke resulting in loss of power to...Merrett & Bass 2013 FMCAfam 263
Aug 7, 2015The case involved a 14 year old who felt hopeless due to the ongoing conflict over him between the parents that had continued since the parents finally separated four years earlier. The boy lived with the...Study of Personalities of Parents in Family Law Settings
Jun 15, 2015Concepts used in family law courts to describe personalities of parents who brought a dispute to Court were studied, based on a sample of cases summarised in Complexfamilies. Concepts to Describe Personality The DSM-5 international system for classifying...