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Interim Parenting Orders Prevail Over an ADVO: Children Move to the Father in the Family Home, With the s 68P Safeguards Spelt Out

Interim Parenting Orders Prevail Over an ADVO: Children Move to the Father in the Family Home, With the s 68P Safeguards Spelt Out

Change Proven, Leave Still Refused: No Fresh Parenting Case, and a Harmful Proceedings Order Against the Father

Change Proven, Leave Still Refused: No Fresh Parenting Case, and a Harmful Proceedings Order Against the Father

An Informal "Donor" Deal Can't Shut Out a Parent: Supervised Time Ordered So a Four-Year-Old Can Get to Know His Biological Father

An Informal "Donor" Deal Can't Shut Out a Parent: Supervised Time Ordered So a Four-Year-Old Can Get to Know His Biological Father

Disliking Joint Decisions Isn't Being Unable to Make Them: Joint Decision-Making Kept and a Graduated Path to Week-About Care After Dad Moved Closer

Disliking Joint Decisions Isn't Being Unable to Make Them: Joint Decision-Making Kept and a Graduated Path to Week-About Care After Dad Moved Closer

Sixteen Witness Affidavits Excluded, Trial Cut Down: WA Family Court Tells Lawyers to Keep Parenting Evidence to the Real Issues

Sixteen Witness Affidavits Excluded, Trial Cut Down: WA Family Court Tells Lawyers to Keep Parenting Evidence to the Real Issues

Watchlist Order Stays in Place: Why the Court Kept an Urgent Travel Injunction Without Deciding Who Was Right

Watchlist Order Stays in Place: Why the Court Kept an Urgent Travel Injunction Without Deciding Who Was Right

A Distressed Child Did Not Excuse the Contraventions: Four Counts Proved Against a Mother Who Stopped at Encouragement

A Distressed Child Did Not Excuse the Contraventions: Four Counts Proved Against a Mother Who Stopped at Encouragement

Leave to Begin a Stepparent Adoption Granted: Why a Lost Parent-Child Bond and the Child's Own Wishes Carried the Day

Leave to Begin a Stepparent Adoption Granted: Why a Lost Parent-Child Bond and the Child's Own Wishes Carried the Day

When the Automatic Ban Doesn't Apply: How the Court Used Its Discretion to Stop Parents Cross-Examining Each Other in Person

When the Automatic Ban Doesn't Apply: How the Court Used Its Discretion to Stop Parents Cross-Examining Each Other in Person

Court Pressure, School Conflict, Father-Time Conflict and the Emotional Collapse of a Child Caught Between Parents

Court Pressure, School Conflict, Father-Time Conflict and the Emotional Collapse of a Child Caught Between Parents

Change of Residence Ordered by Recovery: When the Short-Term Trauma of Removal Was Outweighed by the Long-Term Harm of Losing the Father-Child Relationship

Change of Residence Ordered by Recovery: When the Short-Term Trauma of Removal Was Outweighed by the Long-Term Harm of Losing the Father-Child Relationship

Retained Child, Competing Risk Allegations, and Supervised Time: Appeal Fails Because Interim Parenting Orders Are About Immediate Safety, Not Re-Arguing Weight

Retained Child, Competing Risk Allegations, and Supervised Time: Appeal Fails Because Interim Parenting Orders Are About Immediate Safety, Not Re-Arguing Weight

No Risk Does Not Mean Time: Grandparents Lose Appeal Because Best Interests Required Stability, Not Forced Contact

No Risk Does Not Mean Time: Grandparents Lose Appeal Because Best Interests Required Stability, Not Forced Contact

Covert Family Violence Recordings Admitted: Court Says Protection From Family Violence Can Be a Lawful Interest

Covert Family Violence Recordings Admitted: Court Says Protection From Family Violence Can Be a Lawful Interest

No Unacceptable Risk, But No Shortcut to No Contact: Autistic Child Reintroduced to Father Through a Carefully Scaffolded Plan

No Unacceptable Risk, But No Shortcut to No Contact: Autistic Child Reintroduced to Father Through a Carefully Scaffolded Plan

s 102NA Is Not an Automatic Adjournment Card: Father Loses Appeal Because Late Representation Problems Were Caused by His Own Delay

s 102NA Is Not an Automatic Adjournment Card: Father Loses Appeal Because Late Representation Problems Were Caused by His Own Delay

Hague Appeal Kept on Track: Father Allowed to Narrow His Case to Procedural Fairness, but Subpoena Fight Deferred by Agreement

Hague Appeal Kept on Track: Father Allowed to Narrow His Case to Procedural Fairness, but Subpoena Fight Deferred by Agreement

Donor Conception, Identity and Parenting Orders: Court Keeps 5/9 Care, Rejects Equal Time, and Builds a Psychological Scaffold Around the Child’s Conception Story

Donor Conception, Identity and Parenting Orders: Court Keeps 5/9 Care, Rejects Equal Time, and Builds a Psychological Scaffold Around the Child’s Conception Story

Therapy Orders Overreach: Mother Loses Relocation Appeal but Wins on Mandatory Therapy and Automatic Change of Care

Therapy Orders Overreach: Mother Loses Relocation Appeal but Wins on Mandatory Therapy and Automatic Change of Care

Expedition Refused, Transcript Waived: Interim Surrogacy Appeal Already Moving Fast Enough

Expedition Refused, Transcript Waived: Interim Surrogacy Appeal Already Moving Fast Enough

Prolix Grounds, No Appellate Error: Father’s Parenting Appeal Dismissed After Court Refuses to Re-run the Trial

Prolix Grounds, No Appellate Error: Father’s Parenting Appeal Dismissed After Court Refuses to Re-run the Trial

Prolix Grounds, No Appellate Error: Father’s Parenting Appeal Dismissed After Court Refuses to Re-run the Trial

Prolix Grounds, No Appellate Error: Father’s Parenting Appeal Dismissed After Court Refuses to Re-run the Trial

No Contact Order Survives Appeal: Full Court Refuses to Re-try the Facts After “Unacceptable Risk” Findings

No Contact Order Survives Appeal: Full Court Refuses to Re-try the Facts After “Unacceptable Risk” Findings

Relocation Appeal Fails: Court Not Required to Revive a “Fallback” Position the Mother Herself Disavowed

Relocation Appeal Fails: Court Not Required to Revive a “Fallback” Position the Mother Herself Disavowed