If the court is to find that there has been a history of family violence, is it relevant to current parenting proceedings? In Soulos & Sorbo [2019] the Full Court explored how to treat historical family violence in current parenting proceedings. The father appealed an order permitting the mother’s relocation order of the parties’ eight year …
A father has lost an appeal to the family court that will now limit his contact with his children to writing to them twice a year. He was successful in appealing decisions in relation to the property settlement and spousal maintenance. In mid-2013, a father flew out of the country with the children, one of …
Father Loses Appeal – Contact Limited To 2 Letters A Year Read More »
A father has lost his appeal to stop his child from moving outside of a 40-minute driving radius of his own home. Groth v Banks [2017] FamCAFC 206 concerned an appeal made by the father against final parenting orders made by Thornton J on 13 January 2017. The orders permitted the mother to change their …
Father Loses Appeal To Keep Child Within A 40min Drive Of His Home Read More »
Mr and Mrs Ralton (Court-ordained pseudonyms) were in a relatively short relationship from 2005 to 2009. During the relationship, the couple had two children- a son and a daughter. The son and daughter were aged three and one respectively when their parents separated, and the children remained living with their mother. Court records note that …
Family Court Decision – One Mother’s Severe Lesson In Co-Parenting Read More »
These are the words of Mick Clarke, whose son was killed by his own mother. Mick Clarke’s seven-year-old son, Jacob Clarke, was murdered by his mother Tanyia Hewson on the 5th of June 2017. Jacob was under her care at the time. Jacob and his mum were found dead in their Beach Home in South …
“The Family Law System Discriminates Against Fathers” Read More »
