emotional needs

  • Triggs & Triggs 2015 FamCA 538

    by - Oct 23, 2015
    The biological father of a child aged 15 years had undergone hormone therapy to re-assign his gender to female (gender change).  The father applied to spend time with the child although the child was found to be completely...
  • Ramirez & Ramirez 2013 FamCA 153

    by - Oct 24, 2015
    A child aged 12 years had special needs due to mild cerebral palsy, mild intellectual disability and epilepsy.   The father had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.  The child was in the primary care of the mother.  The...
  • Yeddich & Meier and Anor 2014 FamCA 125

    by - Oct 24, 2015
    An assessor described a 13 year old child as having developed an atypical form of anxious-avoidant attachment style, meaning that the child had responded to the lack of adult responsiveness to his needs by becoming self-reliant. ...
  • Randall & Adams 2013 FMCAfam 5

    by - Aug 7, 2015
    Three children including twins aged 6 years and a 3 year old infant had always lived in the primary care of the mother.  The father worked rostered shift work and he was an untested primary carer....
  • Ahrens & Ahrens 2013 FMCAfam 273

    by - Aug 7, 2015
    A mother separated due to complaints of family violence.  The mother reported that the father was both controlling and emotionally abusive towards her in the presence of children aged 9 and 10 years, and that he...
  • Danes & Danes and Anor 2013 FMCAfam 281

    by - Aug 7, 2015
    A 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...
  • Redman & Bartsch 2013 FMCAfam 309

    by - Jul 24, 2015
    The father was diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome and evidence was given that this affected the father’s interactions with his children aged 11 and 9 years (autism spectrum disorder). The judge found that the father lacked the...
  • Blake & Torino and ANOR 2015 FamCA 512

    by - Jul 21, 2015
    The 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...
  • Elford & Elford 2015 FamCA 192

    by - Jul 10, 2015
    The mother and her young adult daughter alleged that the father engaged in family violence.  Evidence was given that the parents were a high conflict couple who exposed the child aged ten years to their arguments...
  • Parenting Styles in a Family Law Context

    by - Jun 15, 2015
    This article first describes traditional concepts about parenting styles, and then reports a study of parenting styles that are seen in a family law context. TRADITIONAL CONCEPTS OF PARENTING STYLE Researchers distinguish different broad approaches for...
  • Leo & Hanson 2010 FamCA 321

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    A couple had a daughter aged 3 years at the time of the hearing.  The couple was involved in a car accident that severely injured the father, resulting in his being hospitalised for 7 months and...
  • Materanzi & Suskain 2014 FamCA 454

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    A child aged 10 years at the final hearing had lived in a shared care arrangement with both parents, then lived with her father and spent time with her mother and sisters. The mother had persistently...
  • O & O FCWA 20

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    A trial judge accepted an assessment by a consultant that a father had an inappropriate relationship with his daughter aged 11 years as he talked to her about everything, he confided in her in many topics...
  • Jollie & Dysart 2014 FamCAFC 149

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    A 12 year old boy had lived with his mother for 18 months and then was ordered to live with his father and to spend time with his mother.  The mother appealed saying that the judge...
  • Ackerman & Ackerman 2013 FMCAfam 109

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    A couple divorced with daughters aged 10 and 8 years.  The father had been the breadwinner while the mother cared for the children.  The mother alleged the father had shown disinterest in the children and had...
  • Carnegie & Ginter 2013 FamCA 331

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    The parents of a 6 year old girl had a shared care arrangement when the mother alleged that the child had been subject to sexual abuse by the father and paternal grandmother.  The mother applied for...
  • Davidson & Davidson 2010 FamCA 5

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    The couple had twins aged 6 years at the time of the hearings.  The couple separated when the twins were 7 months old, and the twins lived with the mother and spent time with the father. ...
  • Tinto & Dawhurst 2014 FamCAFC 16

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    A child aged 6 years had lived with the mother for 5 years.  A psychiatrist gave evidence that the mother met 7 of 9 criteria for  borderline personality disorder, and recommended psychological therapy (personality emotionally volatile). ...
  • Mullen & Acken No 2. 2011 FamCA 772

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    A couple had three daughters aged 12, 11 and 9 years.  After separation the mother had on several occasions phoned her daughters and asked them to write to the ICL to pass on their negative experiences...
  • Pullman & Pullman 2012. FamCA 980

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    A 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

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    A 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

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    The 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...
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