Appeal Court Confirms Family Reports Do Not Need To Be Written By A “Family Consultant”
The case of Mullaly & Beddoe [2015] FamCA 891 (23 October 2015) was a Family Court of Australia application in a case in relation to parenting…
Category: Parenting
Court Considers Late Lodgement of Tax Returns Bars Departure from Child Support Obligations
Key Words: Child Support; Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989; administrative assessment; departure order; child support liability; failure to lodge tax returns; deemed income The case…
Mother’s Appeal Against the Return of Her Child to Norway Dismissed Despite her Anxiety and Depression
Key Words Children – Hague Convention – grave risk – mother’s anxiety – depression – abduction Introduction In Hilton & Department of Family and Community…
Court Confirms That Income from a Loan Agreement Is Income for Child Support Assessment Purposes
KEYWORDS: Child Support; Social Security Appeals Tribunal; unreasonableness, WednesburyUnreasonableness, financial resources In Baylden & Anor [2015] FCCA 2886 (29 October 2015), the father appealed against…
Family Court Upholds an Appeal That Children Were Habitually Resident in Finland and Should Be Returned
The case of Commonwealth Central Authority & Cavanaugh [2015] FamCAFC 233 (11 December 2015) was an appeal brought by the Commonwealth Central Authority against the…
Court Determines Health Issues Only a Factor in Property Proceedings when Life Expectancy Determinable
Keywords: property; future needs; spousal maintenance; section 75(2); illness; life expectancy; renal failure; diabetes. The case of Fontana & Fontana [2016] FamCAFC 11 (9 February…
WA Family Court Orders Curative Treatment for Child with Cancer
Keywords: children; sick; cancer; brain tumour; medical treatment; medical intervention; alternative therapies; naturopathy; parental power; parent’s wishes; parens patriae; best interests of a child; Marion’s…
Mother’s Relocation from North Queensland to Brisbane Considered in Disabled Child’s Best Interests
Keywords: family law, parenting, child, relocation, special needs, autism, severely disabled, opposition, parenting capacity, best interest of the child, best interest of the children, s…
Court Looks At Meaning of “Public” In Relation To Publication of Proceedings
Keywords: Publication of proceedings – Meaning of “the public” in s 121(1) of the Family Law Act – Court allows the father to use family consultant’s report…
Same-Sex De Facto Partners Held to be “Parents” of Artificial Insemination Child
Keywords: Family Law; parenting; artificial insemination; Family Law Act, section 60. IntroductionThe Family Law Act identifies children born as a result of artificial conception procedures…