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A 28-year-old girl from Ahmedabad has made her fight for justice cross the seven seas. She has approached the Federal Circuit Court of Australia which had allowed her husband to divorce her without hearing her side of the story. The court has taken cognizance of her email and will decide on Wednesday if her statement can be recorded through video-conferencing…

The family law courts are chasing more than $1.4 million in unpaid fees amid criticism that increases introduced by the federal government in January are putting pressure on families…

A LESBIAN couple and their sperm donor are fighting over the custody of their two children in a case that has become the new reality for family court proceedings…

A father with Asperger’s syndrome is reeling from a judge’s decision that the time he spent with his children was so poor it should be cut from 30 hours to four hours a fortnight…

The threats to kill, strangle and maim pets are becoming part of the regular revenge tactics of divorcing couples as they argue over the custody of children and animals…

A DIVORCED Sydney dad with shared custody of his daughter has asked a court to order his ex-wife to ensure their child does her homework…

Parents involved in divorce and custody battles must beware of using social media as a ‘weapon’, an Australian judge has warned. In a recent hearing at the Federal Circuit Court, Judge Warwick Neville ordered a marshal to investigate Facebook postings made by a father involved in an acrimonious child custody dispute…

DIVORCING parents who use the “insidious features” of social media as a weapon will put at risk their custody arrangements and settlements and could even face prison, legal experts warn…

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…