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1: Family Court Judge’s ruling overturned by Appeal Court as a ‘gross miscarriage of justice’ | July 21, 2019

A Brisbane judge who sentenced a father of two to jail for contempt of court in a family law case has been sharply criticised by Family Court appeal judges, who described his decision as an “affront to justice”…

2: 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…

3: Grandmother banned from challenging for custody of grandsons | May 8, 2013

A GRANDMOTHER has been banned from challenging for the custody of her two grandsons after a court heard details of her “bizarre” parenting style, that included threatening to have the boys’ father “bumped off” if she was left off a birthday invitation list…

4: ‘Deadbeat dad’ owes former lovers $450k in child support | April 17, 2013

A FATHER is about to be hit with an almost half-million dollar bill he owes two former lovers after a court ruled he had paid them virtually no child support…

5: Gender identity ruling allows child, 12, to start puberty-blocking drug therapy | February 21, 2013

A 12-YEAR-old child who was born a boy but raised as a girl since “early in life” will be given puberty-blocking drugs…

6: 11 years, $1m on and one couple’s divorce is still not settled | August 1, 2012

A MARRIAGE break-up has cost a couple 11 years, more than $1 million in legal fees, a judicial “marshal” and now the “emotional collapse” of the ex-wife – still without a result…

7: Father banned from asking daughter about school | December 26, 2011

A NSW father has been ordered by the Family Court not to ask his daughter about her school reports or force her to eat meals…

8: At-risk kids spark stoush over welfare and parenting | February 11, 2010

A CONSTITUTIONAL stoush has been sparked by a Family Court ruling that it can compel state welfare agencies to take a role in the parenting of at-risk children. ..