A father who was alleged to have bashed his partner and held a samurai sword to their daughter’s throat was still allowed weekly access to the child because the mother had a significant history of false allegations and exhibited unreasonable behaviour, including false allegations of child sexual abuse…

It was an autumn wedding. He was 78, about to move into a nursing home and suffering from dementia. She was his 49-year-old former cleaner.
Weeks earlier, she had accompanied her fiance to his solicitor to change his will to leave her everything. But the course of true love never did run smooth, and the groom’s family challenged the marriage in the Family Court.
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Victoria Legal Aid says it will review cuts to its family services – which the Family Court’s Chief Justice has criticised as compromising children’s best interests – later this year…

After 50 cases in just 10 years, this man has been banned from taking anyone else to court after Justice Michael Adams ruled he was a vexatious litigant who has used the judicial system to “harass, annoy or achieve another wrongful purpose”…

We decided we needed to seek professional help and we found it at The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne where they have a Gender Dysphoria Service. (This service is the only fully dedicated gender service for children in this country and is terribly underfunded.)..

The Family Court of Australia has rejected an attempt by New Zealand authorities to secure the return of two boys who were unlawfully taken to Sydney by their mother after the 2011 Christchurch earthquakes, finding that the children would be further traumatised if they were ordered home…

WEALTHY husbands who split from their wives after a long marriage are less likely to walk away with the lion’s share of the assets following a landmark full Family Court decision…

A MUM who has gone to court to fight her ex-husband’s bid to have their children vaccinated says the procedure is akin to sterilisation or gender reassignment…

TWO short pregnancies were among the reasons a woman should get a larger property settlement from her millionaire former defacto, a judge has found…

An Egyptian national has evaded Australian authorities for weeks as his Australian wife and toddler remain stranded in Egypt amid a dramatic international custody dispute. A warrant was issued for the arrest of Mazen Hassan Baioumy, 36, earlier this month …..