therapy for parent
Hamilton & Logan 2015 FamCA 647
Oct 23, 2015A child aged 9 years was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and both parents agreed that the child required a high degree of structure, predictability and consistency in her daily routines. The child had previously lived with the...Hibberd & Banner 2014 FamCA 320
Oct 23, 2015Both parties wanted to restrict the child’s relationship with the other to occasional supervised visits, either temporarily or permanently. It was common ground that the mother had refused to allow the child to spend any time with...Ditcher & Fetzer 2014 FamCA 175
Oct 24, 2015A 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...O’Boyle & Salt 2014 FamCA 132
Oct 24, 2015Four 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...Randall & Adams 2013 FMCAfam 5
Aug 7, 2015Three children including twins aged 6 years and a 3 year old infant had always lived in the primary care of the mother. The father worked rostered shift work and he was an untested primary carer....Kreuzer & Kreuzer 2013 FMCAfam 223
Aug 7, 2015Parents of twins aged two years separated and the mother lived with her own parents and the children lived with the father. The mother had been detained to a psychiatric hospital following the end of a...Spanos & Hallett (addendum) 2015 FamCA 459
Jul 21, 2015A child aged 3 years lived with the mother and spent time with the father. The judge ordered that the time spent with the father increase in a graduated approach according to the child’s age as...Joelson & Joelson 2014 FamCA 788
May 13, 2015Separated parents had children aged 13 and 10 years. The father had a history of an episode of major depression and of suicidal tendencies. The father had made threats to the mother and children and the...Pollock & Breen-Pollock No 3. 2014 FamCA 1026
Apr 13, 2015The case involved allegations that the father had participated in sexual abuse with children aged 7 and 6 years at the time of the hearing. The parents separated after the mother expressed concern about the way the...Lolley & Lolley 2012 FamCA 380
Mar 4, 2015A child aged 5 years displayed disturbed and defiant behaviours that both parents found difficult to manage (child’s behaviour). The parents had parenting styles that differed (parenting styles differ) and held different views about the cause of...Jacks and Samson 2008 FamCAFC 173
Mar 4, 2015The case involved a dispute between parents and maternal grandparents of children aged 9 and 7 years. Contact between the children and grandparents ended following a dispute. Five years later the grandparents applied to spend time...Whitby & Zeiler No 2. 2014 FamCAFC 239
Mar 4, 2015Both parents migrated to Australia. The parents separated when their child was aged 2 years, and the father did not see the child for the next 4 years, in part because the mother travelled overseas. The...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...Ackerman & Ackerman 2013 FMCAfam 109
Mar 4, 2015A couple divorced with daughters aged 10 and 8 years. The father had been the breadwinner while the mother cared for the children. The mother alleged the father had shown disinterest in the children and had...Carnegie & Ginter 2013 FamCA 331
Mar 4, 2015The parents of a 6 year old girl had a shared care arrangement when the mother alleged that the child had been subject to sexual abuse by the father and paternal grandmother. The mother applied for...Bartel & Schmucker No 3. 2012 FamCA 1094
Mar 4, 2015Parents had 3 children aged between 9 and 13 years. Both parents had health worker qualifications. There had been conflict before the court for 6 years with 3 final orders having been issued over time. Each...DOHS v Mr D & Ms B 2008, VChC 2
Mar 4, 2015The case involved parents who lived together with four children: MD aged 6.5 years, AD aged 4 years, ND aged 2.25 years and SD aged 4 months. All four children had been removed from the parents’...Charter & Charter 2013 FCCA 1000
Mar 4, 2015Parents 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...Bookhurst & Bookhurst 2010 FamCAFC 26
Mar 4, 2015A trial judge ordered that three children aged 12, 10 and 9 years live with their mother and have overnight access with their father only if the father provides the mother with a report by a...Tinto & Dawhurst 2014 FamCAFC 16
Mar 4, 2015A child aged 6 years had lived with the mother for 5 years. A psychiatrist gave evidence that the mother met 7 of 9 criteria for borderline personality disorder, and recommended psychological therapy (personality emotionally volatile). ...Haas & Babcock 2013 FCCA 635
Mar 4, 2015A child was born after the couple had a very brief relationship, and the child was never raised jointly by the two parents. Both parents were socially vulnerable, and neither had worked recently. The parents lived...Grandhouse & Grandhouse 2010 FamCA 921
Mar 4, 2015The mother had a history of making allegations against various people, including against the father, with one conviction being recorded. The parents made counter-allegations of violence and abuse. A consultant reported that the mother apparently gained...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...Simmons and Anor & Kingley 2014. FamCAFC 47
Mar 4, 2015A mother become ill and transferred care of her child to a maternal aunt and her husband. The mother died the following year and the father lodged a claim for care of the child. The aunt...Wheedon & Gomer 2014 FamCAFC 141
Mar 4, 2015A judge ordered that a child live with the mother and that unsupervised visits with the father commence only when the father was able to provide evidence of meeting three conditions: the father had undertaken continuous...Oscar & Delaware 2012. FAMCA 211.
Mar 4, 2015The father had arrived in Australia on a visitor’s visa and sought a visa for permanent residency. The father had been in relationships with two women (Ms A & Ms D) within a 2 year period and...Pullman & Pullman 2012. FamCA 980
Mar 4, 2015A couple separated having 2 children aged 11 and 10 years. The parents agreed their children had observed one physical altercation when police were called. The children initially spent time with the father while living with the mother. ...Dundas & Blake 2013 FamCAFC 133
Mar 4, 2015A child lived with its parents until they separated when the child was aged 15 months, and then lived in an approximately equal time shared care arrangement until the child was aged 2 years 10 months,...Theophane & Hunt 2011 FamCA 968
Mar 4, 2015A couple separated one year after having a daughter and then engaged in constant litigation and had been a high conflict couple for 4 years. The mother alleged she had been subjected to family violence in the...Marcic & Tait. 2012. FMCAFam 191.
Mar 4, 2015A 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...Peast & Peast 2014 FCCA 66
Mar 3, 2015When the parents lived together the mother had been unable to cope with her young daughter while the father worked, resulting in the couple separating and in an order for the child to live with the...Wylie & Wylie 2013 FamCA 426
Mar 3, 2015A judge issued the following orders regarding two children aged 6 years: to live with their father and for the father to have sole parental responsibility for the mother to see the children at a contact...Bieganski 1993 FamCA 51
Mar 3, 2015The Full Court ruled that in circumstances where abuse has occurred or where there is an unacceptable risk of abuse, access should be suspended until such time as the parent requesting access can show that there...Berrington & Farndale No 2. 2014 FamCA 546
Mar 3, 2015On the first day of a trial a mother asked that the trial be adjourned because of her medical condition. The mother was asked to provide a full medical report about her condition. The mother responded...Beck & ANOR & Beck & ANOR 2013 FCCA 72
Mar 3, 2015Evidence was given that the father of a 6 year old had a psychotic condition of schizoaffective disorder and had exhibited family violence. The father’s own family had taken out apprehension of violence orders (AVO) against...Tadic & Cupic 2013 FCWA 43
Mar 2, 2015The case involved a 4 year old girl whose parents had separated in the year of her birth, and who lived with the mother. Several significant disputes between the parents were discussed in court. The father...Hashim & Hashim 2012. Fam CA 135
Mar 2, 2015A couple had been together for 10 years and had two children. Several incidents involving the parents were raised in court, with different accounts being given by the two parents. On one occasion the mother called...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...