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Garner & Hunt 2014 FamCA 1018
Apr 8, 2015The case involved a child aged 13 years whose parents had separated when she was aged 8 years, where the parents engaged in ongoing conflict (high conflict couple). Final orders had been made for the child...Jollie & Dysart 2014 FamCAFC 149
Mar 4, 2015A 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...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...Minister for Families and Communities v R and A and ORS 2008. SASC 128.
Mar 4, 2015The child protection Department appealed a ruling by a trial judge to grant a further 12 month order when the Department had applied for the child aged 10 years to be placed in the Guardianship of...Gronow & Gronow 1979 HCA 63; 1979 144 CLR 513
Mar 3, 2015The High Court ruled that an appellate court should be slow to change a final order reflecting a discretionary decision made by a judge on the basis of conflicting assessments about matters of weight to be given to evidence...Friscioni & Friscioni 2010 FamCAFC 108
Mar 3, 2015A father appealed against a decision by a judge allowing a mother to relocate to another country taking an 11 year old child. Evidence was presented including by the family consultant that the father consumed both...
