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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

When a “No Relationship” Position Backfires: Change of Residence Upheld After Mother Could Not Support Father–Child Relationship

When a “No Relationship” Position Backfires: Change of Residence Upheld After Mother Could Not Support Father–Child Relationship

Legal Cannabis ≠ Automatic Parenting Capacity: Drug Testing Conditions Upheld Despite Prescription

Legal Cannabis ≠ Automatic Parenting Capacity: Drug Testing Conditions Upheld Despite Prescription

“No Contact, No Risk”: When the Court Draws a Hard Line on (non pysical) Unacceptable Risk in Parenting Cases

“No Contact, No Risk”: When the Court Draws a Hard Line on (non pysical) Unacceptable Risk in Parenting Cases

Hot Tub Done Right: A Rare Division 1 “How-To” Ruling on Concurrent Expert Evidence in Parenting Trials

Hot Tub Done Right: A Rare Division 1 “How-To” Ruling on Concurrent Expert Evidence in Parenting Trials

When ‘I’ll Try’ Isn’t Enough: Court Overrides a Parent’s Consent and Orders Costs for Passport Non-Compliance

When ‘I’ll Try’ Isn’t Enough: Court Overrides a Parent’s Consent and Orders Costs for Passport Non-Compliance

When the Court Says “Enough”: Emotional Harm, Family Violence Findings, and the Ultimate Parenting Order

When the Court Says “Enough”: Emotional Harm, Family Violence Findings, and the Ultimate Parenting Order

False Allegations, Real Consequences: Court Finds Mother Posed the Risk — Not the Father

False Allegations, Real Consequences: Court Finds Mother Posed the Risk — Not the Father

High Conflict, Split Decisions: When Shared Parenting Meets Parental Chaos — Court Upholds ‘Dual Responsibility’ Orders

High Conflict, Split Decisions: When Shared Parenting Meets Parental Chaos — Court Upholds ‘Dual Responsibility’ Orders

Attachment Over Allegations: Court Backs Expert’s Call for Balanced Parenting Despite Parental Conflict

Attachment Over Allegations: Court Backs Expert’s Call for Balanced Parenting Despite Parental Conflict

The Least Worst Option: Parental Conflict, Child Alignment, and the Breaking Point

The Least Worst Option: Parental Conflict, Child Alignment, and the Breaking Point

Control, Violence, and Change: How Family Violence and Parental Reform Shaped the Court’s View of the Children’s Best Interests

Control, Violence, and Change: How Family Violence and Parental Reform Shaped the Court’s View of the Children’s Best Interests

Belief vs. Evidence: Court Rejects Mother’s Sexual Abuse Allegations and Finds Emotional Harm the Real Risk

Belief vs. Evidence: Court Rejects Mother’s Sexual Abuse Allegations and Finds Emotional Harm the Real Risk