A particularly vexed question in family law cases is whether a separated parent can relocate, taking the children with them. There is nothing illegal about a parent relocating with the children, if there are no current orders in place that would have the effect of...
I recently attended the Family Court in relation to a dispute between 2 parents over their two children. My client had been prevented from seeing his two children by his wife for some months. He was distraught. When I arrived at the Canberra Family Court I was...
Does it matter what the children want in family law parenting disputes? How do kids get to make their wishes known to the court? The over-riding principal of the Family Law Act is that in any parenting dispute, the court must make an order that is in the...