family assessment

  • Kapicic & Bakal 2014 FamCA 236

    by - Oct 24, 2015
    The mother of a 7 year old child sought to reduce the time the child spent with the father pending an updated Family Report.  The mother also sought to disqualify the family consultant on the grounds of apprehension of...
  • Ritchie & Feakes 2013 FMCAfam 299

    by - Jul 24, 2015
    The case involved a child aged 7 years with autism spectrum disorder who required a special diet and routine.  The mother submitted that contact with the father must be supervised by a person with special needs...
  • Rose & Rose 2015 FamCA 200

    by - Aug 7, 2015
    A mother experienced an ongoing period of severe mental illness after the birth of a child, where the mental illness impacted on parenting.  The mother had been diagnosed with ADHD as a child and took Ritalin...
  • SPS & PLS 2008 FamCAFC 16

    by - Jul 23, 2015
    A father appealed a parenting order and requested that two children aged 13 and 10 years spend more time with him. The father objected that as a family assessment report had not been formally admitted as evidence,...
  • Joyner & Whiteside 2015 FamCAFC 44

    by - Jul 5, 2015
    Both parents migrated from Africa and separated after having a child aged 5 years.  Existing orders were that the child live with the mother and spend time with the father.  The father withheld the child after...
  • Potter & Ross 2014 FamCA 1056

    by - Apr 17, 2015
    The case involved a child aged 9 years whose parents had a long history of litigation.  Both parents sought new orders in their own favour.  An order for shared care was in place, but the father...
  • 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...
  • Healey & McGreary 2007 FamCA 501

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    Following their separation, a mother alleged that their child had been subject to sexual abuse by the father.  The child was aged 9 years at the time of later hearings. In an initial hearing the judge...
  • Horan & Beckett 2010 FamCAFC 200

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    Both 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...
  • Helbig & Rowe 2014 FamCAFC 179

    by - Mar 3, 2015
    A trial judge ordered a family assessment by an independent expert but ruled that counselling notes about the father not be provided to the expert.  The mother appealed, arguing that the father posed an unacceptable risk...
  • Government Policies

    by - Nov 7, 2014
    COAG – Levels of Parenting The Council of Australian Governments COAG considered child protection matters in 2009 after state governments expressed concern about the increasing numbers of children being removed from the care of their birth...
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