Centrelink
31: Centrelink fraud cases dropped following High Court ruling | July 24, 2013

THE federal government has dropped cases against 18 people charged with welfare fraud following a High Court ruling over retrospective legislation…



gender-re-assignment
32: Orphaned NSW girl allowed to start hormone treatment to become a boy | July 21, 2013

A 13-YEAR-OLD orphaned girl has been authorised to start hormone treatment to become a boy, despite having “no parents” to consent to the decision in a landmark legal case…



lesbian-couple-in-family-court
33: Triangle tangle in lesbian feud | July 20, 2013

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…



surrogate-granparents
34: Legal access warning over ‘surrogate grandparents’ | July 12, 2013

Older Australians with time on their hands have turned to online free classifies website Gumtree and organisations like ‘Find a Grandparent’ to connect with families in need of a grandparent in their life. But prominent law firm Slater and Gordon has warned families that “surrogate grandparent” relationships may be mutually beneficial, but also come with potential legal issues…



Justice David Collier.
35: False abuse claims are the new court weapon, retiring judge says | July 5, 2013

Allegations of child sexual abuse are being increasingly invented by mothers to stop fathers from seeing their children, says a retiring Family Court judge…



sperm-image
36: Landmark federal ruling in custody battle involving IVF mum and her ex | June 18, 2013

A Family Court judge has awarded a man equal shared parental responsibility of a two-year-old boy he fathered as a sperm donor, in a landmark ruling. The decision was handed down despite despite Victorian law stating that sperm donors are not to be considered the father, because the father and child had already formed a bond with the approval of the mother…



facebook, defamation, s121, family law act
37: Federal Court Judge Warwick Neville orders investigation into father’s Facebook posts | May 24, 2013

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…



grandparents
38: Grandma, 85, given parenting rights in case that highlights growing trend in ‘grey-sitters’ | May 11, 2013

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



family-court-fees
39: Divorce fee ‘too high’ for poor | April 26, 2013

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…



child abduction networks
40: Underground networks help parents breach Family Court custody orders | April 23, 2013

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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