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The Latest Breaking News from Family Court

HC directs businessman to vacate house after wife complained of violent behaviour in front of children

Says, it is up to him to find an alternative accommodation within two weeks failing which police will evict

The Hindu

Domestic Violence Act proceedings are basically civil in nature, rules Madras HC

Parliament had empowered magistrates, who generally deal with criminal cases, to adjudicate PoWDVA proceedings to provide more teeth to the legislation

The Hindu

Court-appointed expert can be named in ‘parental alienation’ case

Observer victory after judge rules in transparency battle in family courts in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

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Mum smothered toddler son after stopping his dad seeing him

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

Liverpool Echo

Mother who murdered her toddler on day of family court hearing is jailed for life

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.”

Wales Online

Life for mother who murdered toddler on day of family court hearing

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

The Independent UK

No Judicial Immunity for Judge's "Field Trip" to Lead Search of Litigant's House

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…

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'Quite irreparable damage': child family violence survivors on how court silenced and retraumatised them

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.

The Conversation

Disability advocates concerned over rise in guardianship applications

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

Newsroom.co.nz

‘The child has a right to get the love and affection of both parents,’ says Supreme 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.

The Hindu

Family Court defends processes, protection orders

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

Newsroom.co.nz

Sperm donor with incurable condition fathered 15 kids without telling mums of genetic disability

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

Daily Record

Debi Marshall was warned against investigating the Family Court murders. Years later, she's still chasing answers

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.

ABC News

State sent uplift kids to where 'sex harm' man lives

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

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How a broken system for protection orders fails victims of domestic violence

The Family Court still fails to recognise the risk of non-physical forms of violence and often insists perpetrators are notified before granting protection, says Carrie Leonetti

The Hindu

New postings for 55 judicial officers

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Newsroom.co.nz

OT agrees to Family Court review

The children's ministry will act on an Ombudsman's report into a controversial 'reverse uplift'. Listen to an audio report by Melanie Reid on the damning inquiry by the watchdog

Newsroom.co.nz

Breaking Bad Practice

Oranga Tamariki is being called to account yet again after a new, damning report from the chief Ombudsman over a case first revealed by Newsroom of a 'reverse uplift'

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Manchester Evening News

Property company boss jailed after failing to grant wife a Jewish divorce

In a 'landmark case', Alan Moher was convicted of engaging in coercive or controlling behaviour

The Independent UK

Property firm owner jailed after failing to grant wife Jewish religious divorce

Alan Moher did not give his former wife Caroline a ‘Get’ – a document that formally recognises the end of marriage in the Orthodox Jewish faith.

The Hindu

Child welfare council lacks statutory recognition, says family court

Court gives one month for Council to apply and obtain recognition

Newsroom.co.nz

How the Family Court rewards abusive behaviour rather than recognising it

Carrie Leonetti explains how the parents who seek child arrest warrants are often perpetrators of abuse and use them to continue to entrap, control, and harm their victims.

Manchester Evening News

Businessman who failed to grant his wife a Jewish divorce convicted of coercive or controlling behaviour in 'landmark case'

Alan Moher, from Salford, was warned he could face jail

Newsroom.co.nz

The Family Court's shocking practice of arresting children

Arrest warrants are not about the welfare of the child, but about the power of the court, argues Carrie Leonetti

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