The Latest Breaking News from Family Court

Carol Hodgson has been jailed for life after killing two-year-old Daniel

Daniel Hodgson Green's dad Stefan Green said: "He was taken before he could know who he was, what he wanted to do with his life, and how much he meant to so many people.”

Carol Hodgson used a plastic bag to smother Daniel Hodgson Green in North Yorkshire in February.

From Judge Frank Volk's decision yesterday in Gibson v. Goldston (S.D. W. Va.), which is now on appeal (for more, see In re Goldston (W. Va. 2021)): On September 18, 2018, Mr. Gibson appeared before Family Court Judge Louise Goldston in his divorce action. Judge Goldston granted the parties' divorce…

Nobody spoke to Donna* or her sister in the lead up to the family court decision that ordered the children to spend time alone with their father, who was violent. Donna was eight.

Personal and property rights applications are close to double what they were 10 years ago with experts cautioning a rise in abuse, costs and quality of life for those forced through the court

The Supreme Court was hearing an appeal from Rajasthan where the Family Court had rejected the father’s plea for interim custody of his minor son in July 2021.

Principal Family Court Judge Jacquelyn Moran responds to an article by Associate Professor Carrie Leonetti on the Family Court's approach to some cases before it

James MacDougall advertised himself on a social media page for lesbian women looking for sperm donors - without informing mums he has Fragile X syndrome.

The Family Court bombings of 1980s Sydney hit at the heart of our judicial system and left three dead and dozens wounded. It was not a story I could ignore, writes Debi Marshall.

Exclusive: Inquiries are underway after young children at the centre of a pivotal 'reverse uplift' case by Oranga Tamariki ended up being sent to live at a property where a man with sexual beha