A Brisbane judge who sentenced a father of two to jail for contempt of court in a family law case has been sharply criticised by Family Court appeal judges, who described his decision as an “affront to justice”…

In family law disputes it is a common misconception that an inheritance or other large sum received after separation will be excluded from the property pool to be divided between the parties. ..

The Family Court judge dismissed an application from the mother and Orders were made for the children to return to Italy.

We address five commonly held misconceptions surrounding the case and address them via the reasoning of Family Court Justice Colin Forrest’s judgment…

A court order requiring a Sydney mother and Mount Isa father to share parenting of their seven-year-old might have been in the child’s best interests, but it just wasn’t feasible, the High Court has ruled. ..

THE Full Court of the Family Court has clarified what it means by “shared care” for children after divorce, and it isn’t a 50-50 time split between parents. ..

A MAN who discovered in a custody hearing he was not his son’s biological father has made legal history…