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1: High Court agrees sperm donor is father as he was involved in girl’s life | June 19, 2019

The High Court has found a man who donated his sperm to a lesbian friend to have a child is the father, due to his involvement in the child’s life…




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2: Can I See My Grandchildren if their Mother Says “No”? | June 16, 2018

What the law says about grandparents seeing their grandchildren when the parents say no..




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3: Family Court Should Be Last Resort: Attorney-General | September 12, 2017

Federal Attorney-General George Brandis called on judges and magistrates yesterday to start ruling on custody and property disputes to take pressure off the overloaded family and federal circuit courts…




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4: Japan ratifies international convention on child abduction | March 15, 2015

In 2014, Japan ratified an international convention that will reduce international child snatching and help return children to their home country..




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5: Mother Loses Custody After Preventing Father Seeing Child | December 1, 2014

A judge recently took the “drastic step” of ordering that a girl, eight, who had lived with her mother since her parents separated when she was 13 months, instead live with her father…




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6: Man Loses ex-Wife’s Lotto Winnings on Appeal Due To Separate Lives | October 14, 2014

A man has lost his legal bid for a share of his ex-wife’s $6 million lotto win after an appeal court found the ticket was bought when the pair were leading separate lives…




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7: Children should get a say on Child Custody: Children’s Commissioner | October 10, 2014

Children should get more of a say during family law battles about who they live with after their parents split, says National Children’s Commissioner Megan Mitchell…




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8: Separated parents: Children under four and overnight stays | July 4, 2014

The idea that young children under four should not spend any nights away from their primary attachment figure usually the mother, is a hotly contested idea.

English parenting guru Penelope Leach has quoted Australian researchers in her new book about separated families, but the researchers say they are unhappy with her interpretation of their research.

What does this Australian research actually say and how is it being used in the Family Court?..




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9: Father Wins Right To Vaccinate His Children | April 17, 2014

A Sydney father has won the right to vaccinate his children after a drawn-out legal battle with their mother, who is strongly opposed to immunisation…




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10: Dementia patient’s marriage voided by mental incapacity | March 24, 2014

It was an autumn wedding. He was 78, about to move into a nursing home and suffering from dementia. She was his 49-year-old former cleaner.
Weeks earlier, she had accompanied her fiance to his solicitor to change his will to leave her everything. But the course of true love never did run smooth, and the groom’s family challenged the marriage in the Family Court.
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