sibling relationship

The applicant was not the biological parent of one of the children (non-parent) aged 9 and 7 years.  The applicant sought continuation of the existing parenting regime so that both children would continue to live primarily with...

Dispute involved three children aged 17, 16 and 13 years.  Two older girls lived with the mother and the younger child had lived with the father for about a year.  The judge found that the father was...

  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...

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...

The mother of four children appealed a decision by the judge to place two younger boys aged 7 and 8 years with their father and older brother, while a girl was placed with the mother.  The...

The mother of two children aged 6 and 2 years passed away following a car accident.  While both children had lived with the husband for several years he was the biological parent of only the younger child. ...

The case involved children aged 12 and 8 years who had lived with the mother.  The older child expressed a desire to live with the father while the younger child wanted to continue living with the mother. ...

A mother was raised as Christian by her parents who had worked as missionaries.  The mother converted to Islam and met a partner who considered her to be a devout Muslim.  The couple married and had two...

Children were aged 8 years, 6 years and 18 months.  The children showed a stronger attachment to the mother as illustrated after they had been separated from the mother for a period of ten days. The...

Three children were involved aged 17, 14 and 11 years.  The children had lived with the mother and spent time with the father.  Communication between the parents was poor to the extent the mother did not...

Children were X aged 16 years who had Downs Syndrome (child’s disorder) and Y aged 15 years.  Most recent orders had required the children to live with their father and to spend time with their mother. ...

The case involved a family with five children aged between the ages of 11 and 19 years (sibling relationship). The court found that bad language used by siblings, and a few incidents involving knives, was a...

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...

The case involved a girl aged 5 years born of Samoan parents.  The girl was promised or gifted to a married relative who did not have children under a cultural practice similar to adoption known as...