or Register

Cases published August 2020

Family Court of Australia - Full Court Jasapas & Johns (No. 2) [2020] FamCAFC 203 (17 August 2020) Parenting – where the mother appeals from the second set of final parenting orders made in these proceedings – where the primary judge’s orders provided for the children to be transferred from the mother’s care to live with…

Cases published July 2020

Family Court of Australia - Full Court Gosai & Gosai [2020] FamCAFC 176 (23 July 2020) Parenting – where the primary judge dismissed the mother’s application for the appointment of an Independent Children’s Lawyer without inviting submissions or giving reasons – denial of procedural fairness – where there was a body of objective evidence and…

Cases published June 2020

Family Court of Australia Joplin & Parkins [2020] FamCA 403 (26 June 2020) Practice and Procedure – application for a single expert appointed by the Federal Circuit Court to be released from his obligation, now to this Court, as a Chapter 15 Expert in order to give evidence in the applicant’s criminal trial – where…

Cases published May 2020

Family Court of Australia – Full Court Carrington & Gunby [2020] FamCAFC 117 (15 May 2020) Parenting – contravention of parenting orders – whether the father demonstrated that he had a reasonable excuse for retaining the child – whether the father believed on reasonable grounds that the retention of the child was necessary to protect the…

Cases published April 2020

Family Court of Australia – Full Court Padanowska & Padanowski [2020] FamCAFC 97 (23 April 2020) Interim parenting – where interim parenting orders were made after the primary judge made a finding on disputed and untested evidence – where the finding was critical to other findings made by the primary judge as to what was…

COVID-19 Fact sheet: Good Practice Guide for Lawyers- meeting with children via technology

Dear ICL, Even when you can't meet a child in person you can and should communicate with them. Please see a Good Practice Guide developed to assist ICLs nationally to communicate with children via technology. It is a comprehensive guide which contains valuable information you need to consider when meeting with a child via technology.…

Cases published March 2020

Family Court of Australia – Full Court Walpole & Secretary, Department of Communities and Justice [2020] FamCAFC 65 (25 March 2020) FAMILY LAW – APPEAL – CHILD ABDUCTION – Hague Convention – Appeal against order for the return of children removed from their country of habitual residence – Where the appellant is the children’s primary…

Cases published December 2019/January 2020

Family Court of Australia – Full Court Lim & Zong [2020] FamCAFC 20 (31 January 2020) FAMILY LAW – APPEAL – PARENTING – Where the primary judge made orders on an interim basis providing for no time or communication between the father and the child – Where such orders were not proposed by any party…