Family Law Courts
Allegations of child sexual abuse are being increasingly invented by mothers to stop fathers from seeing their children, says a retiring Family Court judge…
The parents of a severely disabled NSW boy have lost their $10 million damages case against an IVF specialist who failed to properly warn them of the likelihood their son would inherit a rare blood clotting condition…
THE federal government is facing a revolt over its $102.4 million increase in court fees, with solicitors warning that some of their poorest clients can no longer afford a divorce…
FAMILY Relationship Centres have called for the revenue from court fee increases of 20 per cent intended to deter vexatious litigants to be redirected to mediation services to help at-risk children…
This Act makes amendments to the administrative structures and processes of the Federal Court of Australia, the Family Court of Australia and the Federal Magistrates Court of Australia…
THE federal government is about to face moves in the Senate for an inquiry into whether its fee increases for the federal courts will reduce access to justice…
A COURT-ordered expert asked to report on the future of three children at the centre of a custody battle has been thrown off the case after his wife got involved in what was none of her business…
TWO new judges have been appointed to WA’s Family Court in a bid to ease the backlog of cases. Attorney-General Michael Mischin said the immediate appointments of John Walters, QC, and Susan Duncanson were part of a concerted effort by …..
AN INDIGENOUS woman has won a legal bid to evict her former partner from a remote Queensland island that belongs to her clan…
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…