The Latest Breaking News from the Family Court

A law which guides the Family Court to presume that contact with both parents is usually in the best interests of a child is to be repealed.

Research found evidence of abuse within 73% of hearings and in 87% of the case files they reviewed.

NEW DELHI: The Family Court of Delhi has granted a divorce to Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan, with the judgement citing cruelty as the primary reason. The court's verdict comes after an 11-year marriage and follows an agreement between the parties that they had not been living as husband and wife…

That victims of family violence should need an independent guide for support information is evidence of systemic failures of our court system, write Carrie Leonetti and Deborah Mackenzie

Karnataka HC grants divorce to man after wife insulted him for being 'dark-skinned', noting it constitutes cruelty. Evidence shows wife moved away from husband without cause and made false allegations of illicit relationships. HC said calling him dark amounted to cruelty and set aside family court order.

If the Auckland gunman's violence towards his partner had been taken as seriously as if it had been against a stranger, last week's victims would likely have gone home safely to their families. Carrie Leonetti asks why we treat 'domestics' differently.

That judges and lawyers feel comfortable interfering in breastfeeding is emblematic of a larger cultural problem, writes Carrie Leonetti.

Shannon Marsden and Stephen Boden ‘worked together’ to murder their son surrounded by filth and cannabis, a court heard.

WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: Shannon Marsden and Stephen Boden were convicted of the murder of little Finley Boden last month in one of the 'most harrowing' cases police have ever seen