Children’s and Parenting Issues
Here at Carr & Co, our lawyers have plenty of experience and expertise in dealing with Children’s and Parenting issues. Below, you’ll find articles which discuss the various issues that arise in the Family Court. Of course, every case is unique and we look forward to learning more about your family and situation during a consultation.
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Frequently asked family law questions answered by a Family Court lawyer
Thinking about embarking on the road to separation is bound to raise in one’s mind many pertinent questions about which there can be economically vitally important answers. Read on to find out the answers to the top five most frequently asked questions by a new client in this situation.
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Are Parenting Orders Ever Really Final?
Separated parents often seek to finalise the care arrangements of their children by way of orders. These orders can either be made by consent or by a judicial officer following a trial. There are certain situations which give rise to final parents orders being challenged and subsequently amended.
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The Impact of Covid-19 on Child Related Supervision Agencies
The impact of Covid-19 has seen many services introduce provisions and alter usual practices, in order to combat the restrictions and risks of the pandemic. Child related supervision agencies, including supervised handover and contact services, are at no exclusion.
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Determining care arrangements for children of separated parents
In deciding whether to make a particular parenting order in relation to a child, the Family Court regards the best interests of the child as the paramount consideration.
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All I Want For Christmas Is … Not You – Your Festive Season Survival Guide
For separated families, the festive season is often a hard time because it changes an occasion that brought their family together to an occasion which highlights that the family is now apart.
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I’m a grandparent. I want to spend time with my grandchild. What can I do?
Grandparents often play a significant role in a child’s life. The Family Court recognises the importance of the relationship between a grandparent and a child. In circumstances where a grandparent is not being afforded the opportunity to spend time with their grandchildren, a grandparent can make an application to the Family Court for ‘spend time…
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Surrogacy family cleared of abandoning child in Thailand
The Family Court of Western Australia has ruled that the baby with Down syndrome at the centre of an international surrogacy dispute in 2014 (“Baby Gammy”) was not abandoned in Thailand by his Australian parents. Twins were born in Thailand in December 2013 to a Thai surrogate mother, using the Australian man’s sperm and donor…
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Court orders cancer treatment for boy after parents refuse treatment.
A six-year-old boy will be given chemotherapy for a malignant brain tumour after an order from the Western Australian Family Court following his parents refusal for treatment. The West Australian reports that a doctor from Princess Margaret Hospital took legal action after the boy’s parents refused chemotherapy and radiotherapy for their son who was diagnosed…
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SA Supreme Court rules parent is not a criminal for smacking his child
On Monday the 22nd of March, the South Australian Supreme Court ruled that a father’s conviction for smacking his son, 12, had been overturned because causing pain during discipline does not “transform” a parent into a criminal. The Advertiser reports that Supreme Court Justice David Peek had quashed the father’s conviction for aggravated assault, saying…
