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1: Australian man faces jail in Japan while searching for his abducted children | December 22, 2019

An Australian man faces the prospect of three years in jail in Japan after a desperate bid to track down his two young children, who were taken by their mother in May without his consent…


Perth-based psychologist Darryl Menaglio accepted a professional misconduct finding over a report he prepared for a custody case at the Western Australia Family Court.
2: Psychologist’s misconduct raises questions about family court expert witnesses | December 14, 2019

It was a Family Court psychologist’s report that came with a heavy cost. Not only in monetary terms — although at $25,000 the psychologist’s fees were high. But also in its human toll, which continues more than seven years after it was handed to the Family Court of Western Australia…


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3: Four Italian girls’ Mother cries Wolf one more time | April 14, 2015

The extent of her deception is by now well known to most, especially after it was revealed in sordid detail in a 60 Minutes special last year…


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4: Family Court Seeks Whereabouts of Layla Leisha | July 9, 2014

A lawyer representing schoolgirl Layla Leisha has obtained a Family Court order allowing a public appeal for information about her whereabouts…


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5: Mother escapes jail but loses custody of 3 y/o child abducted to Europe | May 29, 2014

A mother who abducted her three-year-old son and secreted him to Europe for 2½ years has been handed a 28-day good ­behaviour bond by the ­District Court of NSW…


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6: Father wins custody of his abducted son | April 25, 2014

A child who was abducted by his mother and taken to Europe will live with his father full time in Australia — and spend no time with his mother…


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7: Family Court refuses to send quake-affected boys back to New Zealand | January 27, 2014

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…


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8: Japan finally signs Hague convention governing international child custody disputes | January 25, 2014

After years of refusing to sign, Japan on Jan. 24 officially joined the Hague convention that governs cross-border child custody disputes that result from broken marriages…


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9: Mother who absconded with her son found guilty in Sydney District Court | December 2, 2013

A MOTHER who sparked an international search after she absconded with her son to Europe has been found guilty of taking the child out of the country without permission…


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10: Child Abducted from the United States Found Safe in Australia | November 23, 2013

For the past six years, an unassuming home in a quiet pocket of Sunshine Coast suburbia has housed the answer to a two-decade mystery…