interim orders

A mother relocated with a child aged 12 years without the father’s consent.  A trial judge supported an application by the father and made an interim order for the mother and child to return to be near to the...

A child aged 9 years was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and both parents agreed that the child required a high degree of structure, predictability and consistency in her daily routines.  The child had previously lived with the...

The case involved two children, one aged 4 years who lived with the father, and the second aged 18 months who lived with the mother and maternal grandmother.  The judge found that the mother’s environment posed a...

A family consultant recommended that an infant’s time with his father should follow a graduated approach, starting at two occasions with the father during the week. It should then be moved to one overnight stay and then into two...

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. ...

Parents of children aged 10, 8 and 6 years had been involved in ongoing intractable conflict.  The children had development and psychological/emotional problems and the parents disputed the reasons for this (child’s behaviour).  One child had...

A father of children aged 9 and 11 years applied for the children to live with him.  The father gave evidence that the mother and her new partner had smoked cannabis from a bong, that the...

After separating the mother of children aged 4 years and 7 months lived 32 kilometres from the father who saw his children every fortnight.  The father re-partnered and the mother had difficulty adjusting to his new...

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...