reasonable excuse

A father withheld children from contact with the mother on 3 occasions, citing reasonable excuses.   The mother alleged the contraventions were serious and posed a physical and emotional risk to the children by virtue of the contraventions precipitating...

The mother alleged over 140 contraventions by the father.  Three children lived with the mother and spent time with the father when he was in Australia. The judge dealt with alleged contraventions on an individual basis:...

A child aged 5 years was ordered to live with the father and spend time with the mother.  The mother’s time with the child had previously been supervised.  The father withheld the child on two occasions, claiming...

The parents of children aged 13, 11 & 9 years had separated 7 years earlier.  The mother alleged that during the relationship the father had perpetrated family violence upon her, and that the children’s refusal to see or...

When aged 14.5 years a girl had informed her father that she preferred to go to a party instead of spend time with him.  The mother suggested an alternative make-up time.  When the girl was 16...

A mother who admitted six contraventions of orders without reasonable excuse was sentenced to six months imprisonment.  The mother withheld an 11 year old child from the father.  The mother had re-located interstate and enrolled the...

A mother withheld a child as the child was ill and the father filed for a contravention a few days later. The Court ruled that for a person to have a reasonable excuse to withhold a...

A complaint was made to the Registration Board AHPRA about the conduct of a treating psychologist. A couple had received couple counselling from the psychologist, then decided to separate.  The wife continued to see the psychologist...

Children aged 15 years and 13 years had lived with their father and spent time with the father after the parents separated.  The mother then developed a dependence on the drug methamphetamine and associated with criminals...

  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...

The mother applied for an AVO against the father, stating that she was afraid of the father and this was the reason for her to contravene an order.  The father objected to the AVO saying that the...

Both parents sought primary residence of three children aged 8, 6 and 5 years.  A previous judge had made orders that the children live primarily with the father and live with the mother on some days....

Parents disputed arrangements for three children aged 11, 7 and 6 years.  The mother gave evidence that the father had not attended for 46 of 50 arranged visits (parental attitude).  The father noted that his own...

An 8 year old child had not spent time with the father for a long period after the mother withheld the child from the father.  A consultant reported that the mother engaged in many behaviours that...

A 2 year old boy lived with his mother and spent time with his father.  The father sought an order by complaining that the mother had failed to arrange for the son to be present at a...

Two children aged 8 and 11 years had lived with their mother and spent only sporadic time with their father over a period of 4 years (contact limited involvement).  Evidence was presented that the mother had impeded contact...

The case involved an appeal by the mother where she was found to have contravened an orders without reasonable excuse.  The mother’s treating psychiatrist gave evidence that the mother had been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, with...

A father alleged that a mother had contravened orders by failing to make their children aged 7 and 10 years available on seven occasions.  The mother had offered an excuse that the children had other activities...