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Court Appointed Expert Opinion

Court Appointed Expert Opinion Downs & Seabridge The Evidence of Dr A, the Court Appointed Expert Dr A’s report dated 12 June 2015 was…
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Sole parental responsibility and interim relocation

Sole parental responsibility and interim relocation Osmond & Brand Where the parent having orders for sole parental responsibility and for the child to live…
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Effect of parental conflict

Effect of parental conflict Dowling & McLeod Effect of parents’ conflict on child’s behaviour – whether child’s time with father should be reduced to…
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Meaningful relationship with both parents

Meaningful relationship with both parents Bartram & Dawes Proposals Both parents propose they have equal shared parental responsibility for the children. They have agreement…
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Adelaide relocation sought

Adelaide relocation sought Vince & Vince Issues at Trial Both parties prepared case outline documents and tendered same at the commencement of the trial….
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Family violence in presence of child

Family violence in presence of child Weekes & Pitcher Parenting – child aged 4 – where the father committed serious acts of family violence…
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Contest over one night

Contest over one night Jervis & Band Children The father, born on (omitted) 1974, is 41. The mother, born on (omitted) 1968, is 47….
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Files on Commonwealth Courts Portal

Files on Commonwealth Courts Portal Step 1: register To file or gain access to specific family and federal law files, you need to register at…
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Separation anxiety and behavioural difficulties

Separation anxiety and behavioural difficulties Behn & Ziomek REASONS FOR JUDGMENT INTRODUCTION Since separating on 8 July 2013, the parties in this matter have…
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Recovery Order Application in a Case

What is a recovery order? A recovery order is defined in section 67Q of the Family Law Act 1975. It is an order of…
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White Ribbon Day 25 November

White Ribbon Day 25 November White Ribbon is the world’s largest movement of men and boys working to end men’s violence against women and girls, promote…
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Sexual abuse risk assessment in family law

Sexual abuse risk assessment in family law Fyfe & Bartell Sexual abuse risk assessment in family law − Where father found not guilty of sexual…
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Family law and bankruptcy

Family law and bankruptcy Legal terms Bankrupt – (see Section 5 of the Bankruptcy Act 1966) – a person: against whose estate a sequestration…
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Conduct of Father causes costs order

Conduct of Father causes costs order Burnham & Mullane CONTENTIONS Contentions of the mother In respect to s 117(2A)(a), the mother submitted that while…
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Costs not allowed despite success

Costs not allowed despite success Hong & Cao (No 2) REASONS FOR JUDGMENT This is an Application for costs arising out of an interlocutory…
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Childhood gender change

Childhood Gender Change Re: Tony REASONS FOR JUDGMENT This matter is brought before the Court on an application by the Mother and the Father,…
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Injury defined for Workers Comp

Injury defined for Workers Comp Comcare v Martin FRENCH CJ, BELL, GAGELER, KEANE AND NETTLE JJ. This appeal concerns the causal connection required to…
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Brisbane Family Law today

Brisbane Family Law Freedom Law serving the Brisbane community: “Being in a situation where you need legal representation is stressful enough without feeling like your…
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Maternal grandmother’s application

Maternal grandmother’s application Hurst & Gersten WITH WHOM SHOULD THE CHILD LIVE This is the nub of the maternal grandmother’s application. She says that…
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Hummingbird Fable

Hummingbird fable – Human Rights Month Why the hummingbird? The Hummingbird Fable comes to the Commission from Nobel Peace Laureate, Wangari Maathai who would…
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Human Rights Month workplaces focus

Human Rights Month workplaces focus The 2016 Human Rights Month campaign of the Anti-Discrimination Commission Queensland will run from 10 November until International Human…
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Draft Search Warrant Guidelines

Draft Search Warrant Guidelines between Queensland Law Society and Queensland Police Service 1. Application for a Search Warrant on a Solicitor’s Premises 1.1 The…
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Risk assessment same sex relationship

Risk assessment same sex relationship Hachey & Ward The background of this dispute comes from a relationship between Ms Hachey and Ms Ward, being…
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Mother’s resistance to Father’s time

Mother’s resistance to Father’s time Green & Townsend SHORT HISTORY OF CURRENT PROCEEDINGS On 19 August 2013, while B was in Western Australia, the…

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