Chief Justice John Pascoe. Picture: Renee Nowytarger. Nicola Berkovic Nicola Berkovic Legal Affairs Correspondent Sydney @NicBerko At least one Family Court judge fears his judgments will not be dealt with fairly on appeal because he is not part of a “cheer squad” of other judges, while another questions whether alleged intimidation by another judge could
Federal Circuit Court Chief Judge Will Alstergren. Picture: James Croucher Nicola Berkovic Nicola Berkovic Legal Affairs Correspondent Sydney @NicBerko New Federal Circuit Court Chief Judge Will Alstergren will attempt to turn around the extraordinary delays in the family law system by making better use of the court’s existing resources. This comes after repeated calls by
A presumption in favour of equal shared parental responsibility, was introduced by the Howard government in 2006, in response to intense lobbying from fathers’ groups. Howard government reforms that enshrined shared care for mothers and fathers after separation could be unwound and the best interests of children taken into account when dividing property between their
Children Legislation Amendment (Sharing of Information) Bill 2017 now legislation. http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/domino/Web_Notes/LDMS/PubPDocs.nsf/ee665e366dcb6cb0ca256da400837f6b/60146AE56B794125CA2581F400036887/$FILE/581377bi1.pdf Subject: URGENT- Children Legislation Amendment (Sharing of Information) Bill -ATTENTION ALL PARENTS AND MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS- Please read carefully and send on the material above about legislation just past by the Victorian Parliament which will allow any school principals and Education department officials
The birthdate of The Boy Crisis is March 13 (aka “the publication date”). But as of this morning, it was already number 1 on Amazon’s books for children’s studies. A week ago I did a brief interview connecting the school shootings with fatherlessness. It is on track for 10 million views by end-of-day. On Wednesday,
Stephen Baskerville has announced the publication of his new book, The New Politics of Sex, and let’s us know that a chapter of his book has been published in the January issue of Whistleblower magazine. I have ordered both the article from the publisher and the book from Amazon. I’m looking forward to reading the
Law Council of Australia president Morry Bailes. Picture: Keryn Stevens Nicola Berkovic LEGAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT Sydney @NicBerko A proposal allowing social workers and other non-lawyers to resolve parenting disputes marks a “radical departure” from existing practices and should be abandoned, the Law Council says. Council president Morry Bailes wants the federal government to scrap the
Lawyers in NSW are being urged to make more effort to see family law disputes resolved by mediation amid “horrendous delays” in family law courts. NSW Law Society president Doug Humphreys said the organisation was “campaigning hard for the appointment of more judges to ease the significant delays and backlog of cases” in family law
A MUM who tried to take her two children out of Australia on falsely obtained passports, then hid them from their father, can now only see her kids once a month for two hours. The mother forged her estranged husband’s signature on the children’s passport applications, but her plan to take them overseas fell apart
Post to FacebookEveryday Aussies Silenced by Family Law Investigation PAULINE HANSON’S PLEASE EXPLAIN·TUESDAY, 20 FEBRUARY 2018 MEDIA RELEASE Senator Pauline Hanson has written to Attorney-General Christian Porter requesting an urgent meeting to discuss concerns that current stipulations placed on the submission of personal stories to the review of the Family Law Act could be preventing