A landmark judgment that stripped custody from a mother who wished to give her 12-year-old puberty blockers threatens to undo precedents allowing treatment for children without court intervention, a former Family Court judge says…

The Spanish woman, now 69, has been told by a court that she is not allowed to care for the children, who were born via IVF…

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…

An Australian man faces the prospect of three years in jail in Japan after a desperate bid to track down his two young children, who were taken by their mother in May without his consent…

It was a Family Court psychologist’s report that came with a heavy cost. Not only in monetary terms — although at $25,000 the psychologist’s fees were high. But also in its human toll, which continues more than seven years after it was handed to the Family Court of Western Australia…

Legally speaking who is a parent? It’s not a straight forward question for blended families, LGTBQI families, indigenous families with strong traditional kinship ties and children born via surrogacy or sperm or egg donation. The High Court of Australia is to hear a case commenced by a sperm donor known as Robert…

Identical twin brothers liked impersonating each other to sleep with lots of women. Now, both of their names will go on one baby’s birth certificate…

The Facebook profile of a woman who recently died from cancer is among the resources used by a court to determine who should carry out her final wishes…

An Australian girl’s biological mother and her sperm donor father have spent $1.5 million on a court feud over whether the biological father, who has played the role as father to the child since birth, should have any parental rights. ..

Ms Jones and Mr Beves are the parents of two children. The second child, Georgie, was born after the breakdown of the marriage. When Georgie was born, Ms Jones sought to register the surname ‘Jones’ and then as a compromise ‘ Beves -Jones’ for Georgie. She also has indicated that she wishes to change the older child’s surname to to ‘Beves -Jones’…