major long term issues

  • Ditcher & Fetzer 2014 FamCA 175

    by - Oct 24, 2015
      A child aged 2 years had lived primarily with the father since separation, and the mother applied for the child to live with her for equal time.  When the relationship ended the father withheld the child and 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Asprey & Delamere 2014 FamCA 838

    by - Apr 29, 2015
    The case involved parents of children aged 7 and 3 years.   Parents had been unable to make joint decisions on two major long term issues involving education and health care.  The mother wanted the children to attend...
  • Lansa & Clovelly 2010 FamCA 80

    by - Mar 16, 2015
    The judge ruled that even when a high conflict couple display intractable conflict where the parents continue with polarised attitudes, children should have the benefit of each of their polarized parents having input into the major long...
  • Prantage & Prantage 2010 FamCA 1198

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    The children in the case were aged 11 and 8 years when the case concluded.  The family lived together until an incident occurred.  In the following year the children were reported to be very disturbed and...
  • 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. ...
  • 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...
  • G & A 2007 FCWA 11

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    A mother applied for sole parental responsibility to make decisions both about the daily welfare and long-term issues on behalf of a 2.5 year old child, even while the child was living with the father, including arranging haircuts. ...
  • Marcic & Tait. 2012. FMCAFam 191.

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    A couple had lived together for 13 years before separating and had 2 children aged 12 and 9 years.  They had been litigating for 4 years and disputed a range of topics including which school one...
  • Murphy & Murphy 2007 FamCA 795

    by - Mar 3, 2015
    The Family Law Act refers to ‘reasonable grounds to believe.’  The judge found that facts that provide reasonable grounds for a suspicion or belief do not lead to a positive finding of abuse or violence. Probability...
  • 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...
  • 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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