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  • Triggs & Triggs 2015 FamCA 538

    by - Oct 23, 2015
    The biological father of a child aged 15 years had undergone hormone therapy to re-assign his gender to female (gender change).  The father applied to spend time with the child although the child was found to be completely...
  • Roth & Roth 2014 FamCA 207

    by - Oct 24, 2015
      There were two children of a relationship aged 14 and 11 years.  The mother requested that the younger child primarily live with her and that she have sole parental responsibility for him, but the father sought...
  • O’Boyle & Salt 2014 FamCA 132

    by - Oct 24, 2015
    Four boys aged 14, 12, 11 and 7 years had lived with the father for two years following separation.  The youngest child had moved to live with the mother for eight months while the three older children continued to...
  • Yeddich & Meier and Anor 2014 FamCA 125

    by - Oct 24, 2015
    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. ...
  • Halston & Halston 2013 FMCAfam 16

    by - Aug 7, 2015
    A mother of children aged 7 and 5 years who lived with the mother was described as being very caring towards the children, and as being a devoted, patient and understanding parent.  The mother had excluded...
  • Fairburn & Godfrey 2015 FamCA 404

    by - Jul 22, 2015
    The case involved a child aged 13 years.  The parents were unable to communicate due to a history of family violence, and both parents had a history of significant alcohol abuse that impaired their parenting capacity....
  • Siebert & Gleason 2015 FamCA 482

    by - Jul 22, 2015
    The case involved two children aged 13 and 17 years who both showed high levels of anxiety.  The older child had suffered glandular fever for some years.  The father was assessed as having anxiety, and had been...
  • Stone & Stone and ANOR 2015 FamCA 14

    by - Mar 19, 2015
    Children aged 8 and 6 years lived with their mother after separation.  The mother and maternal grandparents refused to allow the children to spend time with their father despite orders to permit this.  The mother put...
  • Fargo & Lark 2011 FamCA 238

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    The case involved a boy aged nearly 12 years who had lived in a shared care arrangement between both parents.  The parents had prolonged arguments before court about the boy since he was aged 6 months...
  • Taggart & Felton 2011 FMCAfam 395

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    The father left the mother and later established a new relationship (re-partnered).  The father then applied for his 10 year old daughter to live with him although she would be separated from her two older siblings...
  • Mansky & Marco 2013 FCCA 60

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    The case involved a dispute over care of a 10 year old child who had experienced significant physical health problems before the dispute. The mother had a previous history of depression and had expressed suicidal ideation...
  • Jollie & Dysart 2014 FamCAFC 149

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    A 12 year old boy had lived with his mother for 18 months and then was ordered to live with his father and to spend time with his mother.  The mother appealed saying that the judge...
  • Froth & Schneider 2011 FamCA 378

    by - Mar 4, 2015
    The parents separated after 3 years of living together and had a daughter aged 6 years who had been living with her mother. When the child was aged 20 months the mother reported that the daughter...
  • Edwards & Simpson 2013 FCCA 14

    by - Mar 3, 2015
    A child had lived with her father for five years and spent time with the mother following issue of final orders.  Evidence was given in the trial that the mother had been diagnosed with schizophrenia with symptoms...
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