Family Law Cases –

Cases – Family Law – LibGuides at University of Melbourne Family Law: Cases A research guide on Family Law in Australia. Introduction Legislation Cases Commentary Journals Books Useful websites Latest developments Federal Courts Building – Melbourne Source: Judicial Conference of Australia Recent cases – summaries For summaries of recent cases, use CCH Online – scroll

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Parliamentary inquiry into family law will be critical, insists committee head Sarah Henderson

Updated 23 Aug 2017, 5:11pmWed 23 Aug 2017, 5:11pm Photo: Committee chair Sarah Henderson said the inquiry will be “quite critical in parts”. (ABC News: Luke Stephenson) Related Story: Parliamentary inquiry into family law system ‘weakened by lack of judicial input’ A committee investigating the failings of the family law system will still be critical

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Child Support …. Blood on agency’s hands

Damning claims have been made against the Department of Human Services’ Child Support agency. Opinion  What is the point in denying the existence of a problem when it clearly exists? Given time, it will just rear its ugly head again and bite you firmly on the derrière. We’re talking about the Department of Human Services’

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Queensland Child Protection Reform Amendment Bill 2017- submissions close Wed 30 Aug

Good afternoon   Just a reminder that the closing date for submissions to the committee on the Child Protection Reform Amendment Bill 2017 is 4:00pm on Wednesday 30 August 2017.   Written submissions should be emailed to hcdsdfvpc@parliament.qld.gov.au or mailed to: Committee Secretary Health, Communities, Disability Services, and Domestic and Violence Prevention Committee Parliament House

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The Family Law and Child Support systems need to be reformed

An article on Stan Korosi’s website at http://dialogueingrowth.com.au/parental-alienation-false-allegations/ has reminded us that some Australian politicians do actually care about the disastrous social  policies, family law legislation, child support inequities and the draconian measures applied to domestic violence legislation that is causing a major rift between family members and their children. As Stan Korosi points out,

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Parental Alienation Public Symposium – 14 Sept

Posted on August 14, 2017 by Margaret Mc Gee When children reject parents whom they love As a consequence of parental conflict, children may reject a ‘good enough’ parent. Children who unreasonably reject a loved and loving parent are considered to have been alienated from a loving parent by the other parent. This scenario, referred to as parental alienation, can have

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Another Successful UK Paternity Claim Outcome for a duped dad.

In September 2015 in the County Court at Lincoln , Mr C. filed a claim against Ms D. for paternity deceit. Their relationship commenced in 1995 and a child was born in 2005. The relationship ended in May 2010. Previous successful UK case law pertaining to deceit was cited during the claim. In July 2017,

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What could gender equity goals for men’s well being look like?

  September 15, 2011 6.50am AEST Author Richard Fletcher Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Health , University of Newcastle Disclosure statement Richard Fletcher is an invited member of the Australian Bureau of Statistics Gender Statistics Advisory Group.   Promoting men’s care responsibilities to be equal to that of women might be quite a challenge. Chris. P

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Good news: there is officially no rape crisis on our campuses

No rape crisis on our campuses: official Picture: iStock Bettina Arndt Columnist @thebettinaarndt What a rare good news story. After all the dire predictions about university campuses crawling with rapists, the results of a ­million-dollar survey released yesterday by the Human Rights Commission thankfully shows very few problems for our bright young women. The survey

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Male rape: Men ‘forced into sex with threats, lies and blackmail’ by women, survey finds

 All 154 British men in the survey said they were ‘forced to penetrate’ a female 176 comments Under UK law, only a man can commit the act of rape Getty Images A survey of men who say they have been forced to have sex by a woman claims blackmail and threats were the most common

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