AN 85-year-old woman has been granted parenting rights over her granddaughter as courts take a tougher stand over denied access…

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…

CHURCH and domestic violence groups have been accused of aiding underground networks that help parents breach custody orders and go on the run with their children.
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A MELBOURNE mum has been ordered to install a breath-testing device in her home as part of a $20 million custody and property fight…

EMOTIONS can run high at Christmas as fractured families attempt to find common ground. Reminds me of something the late comic George Burns said: “Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.”..

AS children line up to place their present orders with Santa, mums and dads will be putting in orders of their own – court orders on which parent will get to spend Christmas Day with the children…

THE High Court has rejected a claim four Italian-born sisters in an international custody battle should have had their own lawyers when the Family Court ordered their return to Italy…

Many solicitors and barristers who frequently attend the Australian Family Law Court buildings while representing their clients have been witnessing a silent but significant change in the type of evidence often relied upon by parties in family law disputes, most notably the increased reliance on emails, SMS text messages and the ubiquitous Facebook. ..

A COURT has stepped in to ban two Melbourne parents from weighing their eight-year-old daughter…