Cultural Practices
1: Bitter Burial Dispute Between Parents of Boys Tragically Killed | August 18, 2021
The bitter legal dispute between the parents of two boys, killed by an out-of-control car, has hit court, with both arguing how they should be laid to rest…
2: Court upholds islander practice to give up baby | April 3, 2012
THE Family Court has formally recognised the decision of a Torres Strait Islander couple to give their newborn baby away to an infertile couple in accordance with a traditional child rearing practice…
3: Judge orders Spanish lessons for children | April 22, 2010
A COURT has ordered that an Australian mother enrol her children in Spanish classes to learn the culture and customs of their father’s homeland…