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B & B & Anor 2007 FMCAfam 246
Aug 7, 2015Two women had lived together for 5 years and disputed the time two children should spend after they separated. One male had donated sperm for both children, aged 6 years and 19 months at the time...
Study of Personalities of Parents in Family Law Settings
Jun 15, 2015Concepts used in family law courts to describe personalities of parents who brought a dispute to Court were studied, based on a sample of cases summarised in Complexfamilies. Concepts to Describe Personality The DSM-5 international system for classifying...Salvati & Donato 2010 FamCAFC 263
Mar 4, 2015A trial judge ordered that a father have sole parental responsibility for a child aged 3 years, and that the child live with the father and spend time with the mother. The mother was ordered to...Ireland & Dwyer 2014 FCCA 313
Mar 4, 2015A judge ordered that each parent may phone to communicate with their four children while the children were in the care of the other parent, and that each parent take reasonable steps to provide privacy for...Yates & Yates 2010 FamCA 775
Mar 4, 2015The case involved a couple who were together in a happy relationship for 18 years, with a daughter born two years into the marriage. The wife subsequently became pregnant with twins, with one twin dying in...Horan & Beckett 2010 FamCAFC 200
Mar 4, 2015Both 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...Irish & Michelle 2009 FamCA 66
Mar 4, 2015Parents of children aged 9 and 7 years lived interstate after their separation. The mother was the primary carer. The end of the relationship was traumatic for the mother, and the mother’s distress was evident to...Carson & Carson 2013 FMCAfam 39
Mar 3, 2015The judge reported he gained an impression that the family consultant was significantly influenced by knowing that the mother had a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa, and was influenced by research findings about people with anorexia nervosa,...McAllister & Day. 2012. FMCAfam 863
Mar 2, 2015A couple lived together for a short time and had a son aged 18 months when the case went to court. The mother had a second child aged 6 years from a previous relationship. The mother...DOHS v Ms B & Mr G 2008 VChC 1
Mar 2, 2015A couple had 4 children, KB aged 7 years, TG aged 3 years and twins WB and JB aged 9 months. The mother had two older children who were on child protection orders and who lived...
