Family Court of Australia Duarte & Morse [2017] FamCA 350 (16 May 2017) Parenting – interim - discharge of the Independent Children's Lawyer – Application for writ of Certiorari – whether the Court has jurisdiction to issue writ of Certiorari – whether the Court should restore previous Interim parenting orders – whether the Court should…

Family Court of Australia Full Court Gong & Wei [2017] FamCAFC 55 (4 April 2017) Interim parenting orders – where the mother appeals against interim parenting orders which provide for equal shared parental responsibility, remove the previously ordered supervision of the children’s time with the father and increase that time – where the primary judge did…

Family Court of Australia Full Court Vale & Vale (No 8) [2016] FamCA 992 (15 November 2016) Practice and procedure – where the child seeks to intervene in the proceedings and to appoint her own legal representative – where the child seeks that the current Independent Children’s Lawyer is discharged – application dismissed.   Hickson & Green…

Family Court of Australia Full Court Kopel & Ferro [2016] FamCAFC 202 (14 October 2016) Parenting – relocation – where the appellant appeals against final parenting orders dismissing an application to relocate overseas with the child – whether the primary judge erred in his assessment of the parties’ competing proposals – where the primary judge failed to evaluate…

Family Court of Australia Sealy & Sealy [2016] FamCA 523 (30 June 2016) Parenting – whether two of the children have been sexually abused by the father – where there is no suggestion the parties’ male child has been sexually abused by the father – whether the children are at an unacceptable risk of harm if…

Family Court of Australia Full Court O'Connor & Healy [2016] FamCAFC 111 (28 June 2016) Practice and procedure– where the trial judge delivered oral reasons for judgment – where the trial judge subsequently amended the reasons pursuant to the slip rule prior to publication – where the trial judge substantially altered the substance of the judgment in doing so…