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1: High Court agrees sperm donor is father as he was involved in girl’s life | June 19, 2019

The High Court has found a man who donated his sperm to a lesbian friend to have a child is the father, due to his involvement in the child’s life…

Catchwords: Biological Father, Biological Mother, Birth Mother, Court Decision, Equal Shared Parental Responsibility, Family Law Act, Fatherhood, In Vitro Fertilisation, Legal Proceedings, Parentage, Parentage and the Family Law Act, Parental Conflict, Parental Rights, Paternity, Precedent, Reproductive Medical Assistance, Same Sex Parents, Same Sex Parents, Same-Sex Parenting, Spends time with, Sperm Donation, Substantial and Significant Time

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2: Court rules on parents’ dispute about sending their children to private schools | September 28, 2017

A divorced mother, known by her court appointed pseudonym as Ms Stewart, has sought an Order from the Court that her two children, one boy and one girl, upon reaching high school age, should be enrolled in two prestigious same-sex private schools, the son of which to follow in the father’s family tradition, she claimed, and attend the father’s and grandfather’s alma mater…

Catchwords: Child Support, Child Support Dispute, Departure Prohibition Orders, extra-curricular activities, Extra-curricular activities, Parental Responsibility, Parental Responsibility Orders, Parental Rights, Parenting Orders, School Fees, Schooling, Sole Parental Responsibility, Sole Parental Responsibility

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3: Mother Loses Custody After Preventing Father Seeing Child | December 1, 2014

A judge recently took the “drastic step” of ordering that a girl, eight, who had lived with her mother since her parents separated when she was 13 months, instead live with her father…

Catchwords: Child Custody Dispute, Court Decision, Medical Decisions, Parental Alienation, Parental Alienation, Parental Conflict, Parental Responsibility Orders, Precedent, Schooling, Shared Parental Responsibility Amendment 2006, Sole Custody

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4: Call to boost ties with Family Court | February 12, 2010

REFORM is needed to end the “disconnected” relationship between the Family Court and state child welfare agencies, support groups say.
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Catchwords: Family Law Courts, Legal Proceedings, Parental Responsibility Orders, Precedent

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5: At-risk kids spark stoush over welfare and parenting | February 11, 2010

A CONSTITUTIONAL stoush has been sparked by a Family Court ruling that it can compel state welfare agencies to take a role in the parenting of at-risk children. ..

Catchwords: Family Law Courts, Parental Responsibility Orders, Precedent