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Brisbane Family Court trial halted over claims of secret talks with social worker

Posted by Matthew Fynes-Clinton on July 12th, 2010 | Category:  false allegations  Family Court  Family Court Judgments  Social Workers  Family Law Report 

A CHILD custody trial was aborted when a Brisbane Family Court judge disqualified himself after being accused of holding secret talks with a case social worker.

Secret web of sorrow when parents move on

Posted by Joel Gibson on March 7th, 2010 | Category:  Costs  Family Court  Relocation 

EXCLUSIVE AN EXPLOSION in online romances is making the toughest Family Court issue even tougher, with more divorcees than ever wanting to move their children interstate or overseas to be with a new

Barrier to federal courts restructure

Posted by Shelley Lee on May 18th, 2009 | Category:  Federal Magistrates Court  Family Court  court restructure 

The Australian 14 May 2009 Barrier to federal courts restructure By Michael Pelly and Nicola Berkovic The Rudd Government's plan to restructure the federal courts hit a hurdle yesterday when the Opp

Magistrates threaten to resign over restructure plans

Posted by Sys Admin on May 15th, 2009 | Category:  Family Court  Federal Magistrates Court 

Michael Pelly and Nicola Berkovic | May 15, 2009 A GROUP of federal magistrates have threatened to resign over plans to restructure the judiciary and move them into the Family Court. The 15, who do

Court defended over bridge death

Posted by Ash Patil on May 12th, 2009 | Category:  Chief Justice  Family Court  Darcy Freeman 

Caroline Overington | May 05, 2009 THE Family Court cannot be held responsible for the death of a four-year-old girl thrown from the Westgate Bridge, says Chief Justice Diana Bryant. In an unusual m

Judges’ pay rise ’is inappropriate’

Posted by Ash Patil on May 12th, 2009 | Category:  judges  family court 

QUEENSLAND Attorney-General Cameron Dick has warned that a hefty pay rise for High Court and Federal Court judges is inappropriate, given the tough economic times. As revealed by The Australian yester

...because lying in the Family Court is CHILD ABUSE, says Fathers4Equality

Posted by Sys Admin on May 11th, 2009 | Category:  Family Court  Diana Bryant  Perjury  Parental Alienation  Child Custody  Lying  s117AB  Shared Parental Responsibility  Press Release 

Media release: May 10, 2009 - Fathers4Equality respond to recent comments by the Chief Justice of the Australian Family Court A case of poor judgment The Chief Justice of the Family Court, Diana Br

Boys spurn contact with father

Posted by Father in Deed on November 1st, 2007 | Category:  Exploitation of Family Law  Family Court  In the News 

By JENNY MACINTYRE - Sunday Star Times | Sunday, 21 October 2007 Two young boys have made New Zealand legal history by successfully overturning a Family Court decision forcing them to spend time wi

Aussie Dads still in dark about Family Law changes

Posted by Ash Patil on August 31st, 2007 | Category:  Family Court  Family Law Reform  Press Release 

As father's day approaches, spare a thought for the tens of thousands of Australian children who will not see their father this Sunday. These children are the silent victims of a family law institut

MP wants lie detectors in Family Court

Posted by Father in Deed on August 23rd, 2007 | Category:  Family Court  In the News  Press Release 

August 17, 2007 - 2:14PM An MP has called for compulsory lie detector tests for parents facing the Family Law Court. South Australian independent MP Ann Bressington says current family law is a di