Caroline Overington | May 29, 2009 WIVES who follow their husbands to remote corners of Australia in search of work may find themselves stuck in their new home town, unable to leave with the childre

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A YOUNG boy was raped and abused by a foster carer after Department of Community Services failed to act on a father's warning that his son was being invited into the pervert's bedroom at night. The D

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Paul Maley | May 28, 2009 ABORIGINAL children are being abused at a far greater rate than previously thought, a report on serious crime in indigenous communities is set to find. The Australian Crime

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A preliminary analysis of a random sample of parenting judgements in the Family Court of Australia Lawrie Moloney Senior Lecturer Faculty of Health Sciences La Trobe University Melbourne, Australia

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US lawyers mull whether to charge Aussie 14:15 AEST Thu May 21 2009 By Peter Mitchell US prosecutors are yet to decide if they will charge Australian advertising executive George Betsis with kidn

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Natural men scolded into timidity Miranda Devine May 21, 2009 As the mother of two junior rugby forwards, the wife of a former prop and daughter of a one-time flanker, it is time for me to come to

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Pia Akerman | April 15, 2008 FAMILY law experts have called for changes to legislation that emphasises joint custody, arguing it is putting children back into potentially dangerous situations where

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Judge Judy on Child Custody When Judy Sheindlin was on Larry King Live last week, the issue of joint custody came up. Here is an excerpt from the interview: "I've always thought in this country

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By Luke Salkeld 21st May 2009 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1184989/Court-rules-taxi-driver-falsely-accused-rape-receive-compensation-legal-first.html A taxi driver falsely accused of

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Sean Garmire/The Times-Standard Posted: 05/21/2009 01:24:21 AM PDT As the trial of an accused Eureka child molester continued Wednesday, two young boys took the stand, testifying 26-year-old Andrew B

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Selma Milovanovic May 4, 2009A NATIONAL campaign against family violence has called for urgent changes to the Family Law Act to protect children from violence by fathers during court-imposed access

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By Janet Fife-Yeomans | The Daily Telegraph | May 19, 2009 A MAN who discovered in a custody hearing he was not his son's biological father has made legal history. Duped dads usually ask the Family C

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HOT OFF THE PRESS Monday, 11 May 2009 22:11 The Topic of our upcoming 11th. Forum to take place on 16th. June 6pm to 8.30pm, will be - ‘Family Law – is the man the Loser?’ Join us again in

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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

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Camilla Cavendish | From The Times | May 8, 2009 Social workers did not kill Peter. They did not kill Victoria Climbié, tortured to death within a few streets of him nine years ago. Nor did they dru

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Friday, 8 May 2009 The so-called Cinderella Effect – the increased risk of child abuse in step-families - needs to be confronted if more cases like that of Baby P are to be avoided, says a Tim

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By Sharon Jayson, USA TODAY | Updated 4 May 2009 Equality is gaining ground at homes across the USA, but the move toward parity leaves some mothers in a quandary; they're ready to share the workloa

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Stephen Drill May 17, 2009 12:00am A FORMER Collingwood player who allegedly threatened to kill his child's school principal is being sued over a failed discrimination case against the Education Depar

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The Family Court has become a violator of human rights because of the way it deals with child abuse, writes John Hirst. Because of its commitment to the best interests of the child, the Family Court

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Caroline Overington | May 11, 2009 WOMEN who tie up the Family Court with false allegations of sexual abuse of their children should be required to pay all the associated court costs, according to t

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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

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A FORMER work colleague of the woman at the centre of the Cronulla Sharks sex scandal involving Matthew Johns claims her co-worker bragged about the incident.

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WAYNE Swan has justified the Government's decision to ignore single parents in tomorrow's budget, despite pleas that they are struggling to survive on meagre payments. While the Government will lift t

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Feminism blamed for ‘erosion of manhood’ By Lito Zulueta Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 03:58:00 01/24/2009 Filed Under: Family, Religions, Churches (organisations), People MANILA, Ph

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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

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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

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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

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Tuesday, 31 March 2009 These children are slowly indoctrinated into believing that their father is cruel and unkind and likely to hurt them, when this is not the case. Psychologist giving evidence

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Monday, 19 January 2009 Access [could] be given to grandparents in circumstances where the parents' relationship has become dysfunctional, because of alcohol, substance abuse or violence...

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Family mediation saves government money : Thursday, 2 April 2009: Australian Associated Press Forcing feuding parents to undergo mediation before entering the court system has saved the federal gove

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Judge calls for urgent changes to family law Adele Horin May 2, 2009NEW provisions in the Family Law Act may be dissuading women from raising allegations of family violence and should be removed, th

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